Recent trends for the management of hypertension in older adults in Latin America in the context of universal coverage: Evidence from Mexico

Armando Arredondo, Ana Lucia Recamán, José Carlos Suarez‐Herrera and Silvia Magali Cuadra

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021, vol. 36, issue 2, 579-586

Abstract: Taking the Mexican case as a tracer of what is happening in Latin America on public health, we estimate the recent changes and challenges for the management of hypertension in older adults in the context of universal health coverage. The population base was 200, and 308 reported cases of older adults with hypertension. The cost‐evaluation method used was based on the instrumentation and consensus technique. Regarding epidemiological changes for 2016 versus 2018, there is an increase of 21% (CI: 95%, p

Date: 2021
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