TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Limaye, Dnyanesh A1 - Kale, M. A1 - Chitre, N. A1 - Deshapande, D. A1 - Desai, R. A1 - Limaye, Vaidehi A1 - Fortwengel, Gerhard T1 - Cost-effectiveness Study of Antihypertensive Drugs in Mumbai, India JF - Current Therapeutic Research N2 - Hypertension is a serious global public health problem. It accounts for 10% of all deaths in India and is the leading noncommunicable disease.1 Recent studies have shown that the prevalence of hypertension is 25% in urban and 10% in rural people in India.2 It exerts a substantial public health burden on cardiovascular health status and health care systems in India.3 Antihypertensive treatment effectively reduces hypertension-related morbidity and mortality.1 The cost of medications has always been a barrier to effective treatment. KW - antihypertensive KW - cost-effectiveness KW - hypertension KW - India Y1 - 2016 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-9160 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.curtheres.2016.05.005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.curtheres.2016.05.005 VL - 78 IS - Supplement SP - S2 ER -