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Respondents are mostly medical schemes and insurers (46%) and providers, clinicians and managed care (19%). Nine in ten are based in South Africa, the rest in regional countries. Survey
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Hypertension is a problem of system design Poorly controlled hypertension is silent for years then reappears as stroke, heart failure, kidney disease, dialysis and disability causing severe harm and much
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Hypertension care is often a series of disconnected events. Blood pressure is measured, advice is given, a prescription is written, and follow-up is advised. The patient disappears back into everyday
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If hypertension is common, measurable and treatable, why do so many patients still have uncontrolled blood pressure? Drug shortages, diagnostic challenges or a lack of treatment guidelines are not the
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In theory, hypertension should be easier to control in the insured population than in the country as a whole. Here are three reasons: Hypertension is a Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB).
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One day, Sam collapsed at work with a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body. Sam was a well-known figure in the anaesthesia department. He was our administrator,
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