Does access to medicines help hypertensive patients to improve drug treatment adherence at country level?

• In: CPS 1: The role of the pharmacist in public health - Posters
• At: Basel (Switzerland) (2008)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: CPS1-P-002
• By: FERNANDEZ, Grisel (Casmu, Montevideo, Uruguay)
• Co-author(s): Burroso, Gustavo (Casmu, MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay)
  Tasende, Maria del Carmen (Casmu, MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay)
  Gonzalez, Marcelo (Casmu, MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay)
  Savio, Eduardo (Facultad de Química de La Republica, Uruguay)
  
• Abstract:

  Uruguay has a demo-epidemiological profile similar to developed countries, with chronic diseases as the main causes of morbid-mortality, being cardiovascular and neoplasic diseases the most important ones. Fifteen per cent of the population suffer from cardiovascular disease, with life styles and dietary habits identified as the main risk..

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