Consequences of hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, healthcare-seeking behaviors of patients, and responses of the health system

A population-based cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

Bibliographic Data

ID15384162
AuthorsMd Jasim Uddin (0000-0002-4116-287X, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, corresponding author), Nurul Alam (0000-0002-1202-4451, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Haribondhu Sarma (0000-0003-1553-8498, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Muhammad Ashique Haider Chowdhury (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Dewan S Alam (0000-0002-2051-3837, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Louis Niessen (0000-0002-8639-5191, University of Warwick)
Year2014
Volume14
Issue1
Pages547-547
Publication date2014-06-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-14-547
PMID24888580
PMCIDPMC4049371
OpenAlexW2145714365
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited8

COPD and HT significantly are associated with lower ADL scores and financial problems. Public-sector primary healthcare facilities should be better organised to address both conditions with the aim to reduce household poverty

Biostatistics · COPD · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Pathology · Population · Poverty · Public health · Referral · Socioeconomic status · Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research · Global Health and Epidemiology · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Nursing · Internal Medicine

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