Cost-Effectiveness of a Community Health Workers-Led Multicomponent Hypertension Intervention in Selected Health Centers in Rwanda: 12-Month Trial- Based Analysis from a Health Care System Perspective

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Hypertension is a major, modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular illness and death, and diagnosis requires repeated standardized readings of systolic BP above 130 mmHg and/or diastolic BP above 80 mmHg in a seated patient. Sedentary lifestyles, increasingly common in high-income settings, further elevate disease and mortality risk. We evaluated the costs, effectiveness, an...

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• Choice Behavior
• Counseling
• Health Behavior
• Health Status
• Patient Education as Topic
• Patient Participation
• Protective Factors
• Risk Reduction Behavior

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Literature Corpus work

2fcf198d-53fa-578e-abb9-40516862a2c1

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-8883864/v1