Population Preferences for Primary Care Models for Hypertension in Karnataka, India.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hypertension contributes to more than 1.6 million deaths annually in India, with many individuals being unaware they have the condition or receiving inadequate treatment. Policy initiatives to strengthen disease detection and management through primary care services in India are not currently informed by population preferences.

Objective

To quantify population preferences for attributes of public primary care services for hypertension.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study involved administration of a household survey to a population-based sample of adults with hypertension in the Bengaluru Nagara district (Bengaluru City; urban setting) and the Kolar district (rural setting) in the state of Karnataka, India, from June 22 to July 27,

SUBMITTER: Leslie HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015308 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature