Social capital, characterised by trust, reciprocity and cooperation, is positively associated with a number of health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that among hypertensive individuals, those with greater social capital are more likely to have their hypertension detected, treated and controlled.

Does greater individual social capital improve the management of hypertension? Cross-national analysis of 61 229 individuals in 21 countries

David Stuckler;
2017

Abstract

Social capital, characterised by trust, reciprocity and cooperation, is positively associated with a number of health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that among hypertensive individuals, those with greater social capital are more likely to have their hypertension detected, treated and controlled.
2017
2017
Palafox, Benjamin; Goryakin, Yevgeniy; Stuckler, David; Suhrcke, Marc; Balabanova, Dina; F Alhabib, Khalid; Avezum, Alvaro; Bahonar, Ahmad; Bai, Xiulin; Chifamba, Jephat; L Dans, Antonio; Diaz, Rafael; Gupta, Rajeev; Iqbal, Romaina; Ismail, Noorhassim; Kaur, Manmeet; V Keskinler, Mirac; Khatib, Rasha; Kruger, Annamarie; M Kruger, Iolanthe; Lanas, Fernando; A Lear, Scott; Li, Wei; Liu, Jia; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Peer, Nasheeta; Poirier, Paul; Rahman, Omar; K Pillai, Rajamohanan; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Rosengren, Annika; Swaminathan, Sumathi; Szuba, Andrzej; Teo, Koon; Wang, Yang; Wielgosz, Andreas; E Yeates, Karen; Yusufali, Afzalhussein; Yusuf, Salim; Mckee, Martin
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