KOREAN ACADEMY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
학회지
학회지소개
[지역사회간호학회지] 2014년 9월, 제 25권 제 3호
| Effectiveness of Community-based Case Management for Patients with Hypertension |
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| Page | 159~169 | Yun, Soon-Nyoung · Lee, In-Sook · Kim, Jin Hyun · Ko, Young | 지역사회간호학회지 |
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| File | mm__201412081429550.pdf | 주요어 | Case management, Hypertension, Utilization, Health care, Health care costs |
Mortality rate and medical expense caused by cardiovascular
disease (CVD) have been increased[1]. Therefore, constant efforts with close attention, have been made to manage hypertension (HT) which is one of the major risk factors of CVD[2]. In Koreans over the age of 30, the awareness rate and treatment rate of HT were 66.0% and 61.1%, the control rate of blood pressure (BP) being 42.9%[3], lower than those of other countries such as England, USA, and Canada[4]. Also, even though a variety of policies and projects are being carried out to
manage HT, the medical expense of this disease is continuously
rising, about 630 billion won being spent in 2012[5], 13% of the year’s total medical expense was spent to treat HT and its complications, particularly CVD, in Korea.
