Evidence for an expanded hypertension care cascade in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With nearly 90% of annual hypertension-related deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is an urgent need to measure the coverage of health services that effectively manage hypertension. However, there is little agreement on how to define effective coverage and the existing hypertension care cascade (hypertension prevalence, percent aware, percent treated, and percent controlled) does not account for the quality of care received by patients. This study reviews definitions of effective coverage and service quality for hypertension management services and proposes an expanded hypertension care cascade to improve measurement of health systems performance.

Methods

A systematic scoping review of literature published in six electronic database

SUBMITTER: Peters MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9235242 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature