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Health care seeking behaviour and financial protection of patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional study in rural West Bengal, India

2020-06-29

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<h4>Background</h4> Elevated blood pressure or hypertension is responsible for around 10 million annual deaths globally, and people residing in low and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected by it. India is no exception, where low rate of treatment seeking for hypertension coupled with widespread out-of-pocket payments (OOPs) have been a challenge. This study assessed the pattern of health care se...

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Literature Corpus work: 35c383d3-4095-532e-9b1f-ec8c73357427
DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.27.20141549

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