A Cross-Sectional Survey of Fixed-Dose Combination Antihypertensive Medicine Prescribing in Twenty-Four Countries, Including Qualitative Insights
Cost and access were the most common barriers to prescribing FDCs across high- and low-income countries. While greater educational support for clinicians was perceived as the leading potential facilitator of FDC use, this seems unlikely to be effective without addressing access.
Authors
- Clara K Chow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4693-0038)
- Anastase Dzudié (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4038-4128)
- Wei Jin Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6448-5375)
- Tim Usherwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7522-0345)
- Edel O’Hagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1914-5918)
- Anezi Uzendu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-7510)
- Hui Min Khor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-0738)
- Tan Van Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5929-6000)
- Daniel McIntyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4854-4050)
- Peter Hanlon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-3934)
- Tu Ngoc Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8836-8920)
- Pramod Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-7829)
- Toon Wei Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3429-9237)
- Kit Mun Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1611-3109)
- Maha Siddiqui
Institutions
- Monash University Malaysia (MY)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Douala (CM)
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (VN)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- National University Hospital (SG)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Heart
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1353
- Citations
- 13
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.23