Cost-effectiveness of a Community-based Hypertension Improvement Project (ComHIP) in Ghana: results from a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To undertake a cost-effectiveness analysis of a Community-based Hypertension Improvement Project (ComHIP) compared with standard hypertension care in Ghana.

Design

Cost-effectiveness analysis using a Markov model.

Setting

Lower Manya Krobo, Eastern Region, Ghana.

Intervention

We evaluated ComHIP, an intervention with multiple components, including: community-based education on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and healthy lifestyles; community-based screening and monitoring of blood pressure by licensed chemical sellers and CVD nurses; community-based diagnosis, treatment, counselling, follow-up and referral of hypertension patients by CVD nurses; telemedicine consultation by CVD nurses and referral of patients with severe hypertension and/or

SUBMITTER: Pozo-Martin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413878 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature