Economic analysis of a pragmatic randomised trial of home visits by a nurse to elderly people with hypertension in Mexico Análisis económico de un ensayo clínico aleatorizado de visitas de enfermera en casa a ancianos con hipertensión en México

Objective. To analyse the costs and the effectiveness of an intervention of home visits made by nurses to elderly people versus usual care given by the family medicine units. Material and Methods. A sample of 4 777 subjects aged 60 years and over covered by the Mexican Institute of Social Security (...

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Main Authors: Carmen García-Peña, Margaret Thorogood, David Wonderling, Sandra Reyes-Frausto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2002-01-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342002000100002