Wealth and cardiovascular health: A cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries

dc.contributor.authorPalafox, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorMcKee, Martin
dc.contributor.authorTsolekile, Lungiswa P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-20T10:57:44Z
dc.date.available2021-08-20T10:57:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstract: Effective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key factor is household wealth, which may enable or limit a household’s ability to access health care services and adequately control such a chronic condition. This study aims to describe the scale and patterns of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in 21 countries using baseline data from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study.A cross-section of 163,397 adults aged 35 to 70 years were recruited from 661 urban and rural communities in selected low-, middle- and high-income countries (complete data for this analysis from 151,619 participants). Using blood pressure measurements, self-reported health and household data, concentration indices adjusted for age, sex and urban-rural location, we estimate the magnitude of wealth-related inequalities in the levels of hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in each of the 21 country samples.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPalafox, B., J.et al. (2016). Wealth and cardiovascular health: A cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15(1), 15–17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0478-6en_US
dc.identifier.issn1475-9276
dc.identifier.uri10.1186/s12939-016-0478-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6527
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.subjectGlobal healthen_US
dc.subjectHypertensionen_US
dc.subjectSocioeconomic factorsen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare disparitiesen_US
dc.subjectLow-income countriesen_US
dc.titleWealth and cardiovascular health: A cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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