Unmet need for hypercholesterolemia care in 35 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys.

Maja-Emilia Marcus Cara Ebert Pascal Geldsetzer Michaela TheilmannBrice Wilfried BicabaGlennis Andall-Brereton Pascal Bovet Farshad Farzadfar Mongal Singh Gurung Yessito Corine Nadège Houehanou Mohammad-Reza MalekpourJoao S MartinsSahar Saeedi Moghaddam Esmaeil Mohammadi Bolormaa Norov Sarah Quesnel-CrooksRoy Wong-McClureJustine Ina Davies Mark A Hlatky Rifat Atun Till W Bärnighausen Godfather D Kimaro Jennifer Manne-Goehler Sebastian Vollmer

Published in: PLoS medicine (2021)

Cascade performance was poor across all stages, indicating large unmet need for hypercholesterolemia care in this sample of LMICs-calling for greater policy and research attention toward this cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor and highlighting opportunities for improved prevention of CVD.

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healthcare
cardiovascular disease
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quality improvement
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affordable care act
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cardiovascular risk factors

metabolic syndrome
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