Open AccessHypertension control status and quality of care for hypertension among patients availing treatment from private sector: A cross-sectional study in urban field practice area of JIPMER, Puducherry
Author(s) -
V Shankar Babu,
Swaroop Kumar Sahu,
Srikanta Kanungo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_248_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , quality (philosophy) , environmental health , control (management) , traditional medicine , pathology , philosophy , management , epistemology , economics
In low-income countries like India, there is paucity of evidence regarding hypertension control status and the quality of care pertaining to hypertension care among the patients availing treatment from private sector. We wanted to determine the hypertension control status and quality of care pertaining to hypertension received by patients seeking care from private sector.