Quality indicators for clinical care of patients with hypertension: scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cardiovascular diseases impose significant financial impact on countries implementing universal health coverage (UHC). Hypertension is a primary disease that will lead to more severe conditions without adequate clinical care. The quality of its clinical care must be well assessed in order to measure the effective coverage of people with hypertension in UHC. This study aims to identify indicators that can be used to measure the quality of clinical care provided to patients with hypertension in healthcare facilities.

Methods and analysis

This review will be conducted using the six stages of the scoping review method: identifying the research question, searching for relevant studies, selecting studies, charting the data, collating, summarising and reporting the res

SUBMITTER: Djasri H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661615 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature