Unaffordable drug prices: the major cause of non-compliance with hypertension medication in Ghana
- In: Hospital Pharmacy Section - Poster session
- At: Cairo (Egypt) (2005)
- Type: Poster
- Poster code: HPS-P-010
- By: BUABENG, Kwame Ohene (KNUST, Clinical & Social Pharmacy, Kumasi, Ghana)
- Co-author(s): Matowe (Management Sciences for Health, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, United States of America)
Plange-Rhule (Department of Medicine, KATH, KUMASI, Ghana) - Abstract:
INTRODUCTION: The HIV/ AIDS epidemic in Sub Saharan Africa appears to divert attention, care and resources from all other diseases. In Ghana, the prevalence of hypertension has been reported as increasing. A major concern is that many patients may not have access to standard hypertension medications. In this study we evaluate access to
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