Association between country preparedness indicators and quality clinical care for cardiovascular disease risk factors in 44 lower- and middle-income countries: A multicountry analysis of survey data.
Justine Ina DaviesSumithra Krishnamurthy ReddiarLisa R HirschhornCara EbertMaja-Emilia MarcusJacqueline A SeiglieZhaxybay ZhumadilovAdil SupiyevLela SturuaBahendeka K SilverAbla M SibaiSarah Quesnel-CrooksBolormaa NorovJoseph K MwangiOmar Mwalim OmarRoy Wong-McClureMary T MayigeJoao S MartinsNuno LunetDemetre LabadariosKhem B KarkiGibson B KagarukiJutta M Adelin JorgensenNahla C HwallaDismand HouinatoCorine HouehanouDavid GuwatuddeMongal Singh GurungPascal BovetBrice W BicabaKrishna K AryalMohamed MsaidiéGlennis Andall-BreretonGarry BrianAndrew C StokesSebastian VollmerTill W BärnighausenRifat AtunPascal GeldsetzerJennifer Manne-GoehlerGodfather D KimaroPublished in: PLoS medicine (2020)
In this study, we observed that indicators of country preparedness to deal with CVDRFs are poor proxies for quality clinical care received by patients for hypertension and diabetes. The major implication is that assessments of countries' preparedness to manage CVDRFs should not rely on proxies; rather, it should involve direct assessment of quality clinical care.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- cardiovascular disease
- healthcare
- public health
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- type diabetes
- blood pressure
- pain management
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- infectious diseases
- big data
- machine learning
- cardiovascular events
- clinical evaluation
- arterial hypertension