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Cost-utility analysis of a national project to reduce hypertension in Israel
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This study aims to calculate the health effects and costs of a proposed national hypertension prevention and control program.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Interventions are based on experience from our two programs: 10-year period of Ashkelon Hypertension Detection and Control Program (AHDC Program) and the Israel Blood Pressure Control (IBPC) program. The costs of a nationwide program were calculated based on economic data, training staff levels, course frequency and unit costs.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Over the next 20 years, the program should decrease the risk in one-half of the treated hypertensive cases of the following ailments: cardiovascular events such as Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and Unstable Angina Pectoris (UAP) by 16.0%, stroke by 41.2%, End stage renal disease (ESRD) by 50.0% and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) by 42.6%. In total, around 2,242 lives, 35,117 years of life or 24,433 disability adjusted life years will be saved due to decreased mortality.</p> <p>Program costs amount to 537.6 million), from reduced medical treatment (93.3 million) as a result of morbidity decreases, exceed costs by $185.0 million.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The project which saves both lives and resources should be extended nation-wide to reach as wide a population as possible.</p
Efeitos de um programa de exercicios fisicos sobre a pressao arterial e medidas antropometricas
The efficacy of Candesartan Cilexetil Alone or in Combination with Amlodipine or in Combination with Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide in Moderate-to-Severe Hypertension
EFFECT UPON SERUM INSULIN, GLUCOSE AND POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS OF ACETAZOLAMIDE DURING ATTACKS OF FAMILIAL PERIODIC HYPOKALEMIC PARALYSIS
A NEW STANDARDIZED and EFFECTIVE METHOD of INDUCING PARALYSIS WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION of EXOGENOUS HORMONE IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL PERIODIC PARALYSIS
Maxillary tumour as a Presenting sign of secondary hyperparathyroidism due to renal insuffiency
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