Adherence to hypertension medication: Quantitative and qualitative investigations in a rural Northern Vietnamese community.

Objectives: The purposes of this study were to assess the adherence to medication of hypertensive patients visiting community health stations in a rural area in Vietnam, to examine the relationship between levels of adherence and cardiovascular risk among hypertensive patients and to further understand factors influencing adherence.

Methods: This study is part of a prospective one-year study conducted on hypertension management in a population aged 35 to 64 years. Data on age, sex, blood pressure and blood test results were collected at baseline.

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening for and Managing Identified Hypertension for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Vietnam.

Objective: To inform development of guidelines for hypertension management in Vietnam, we evaluated the cost-effectiveness of different strategies on screening for hypertension in preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods: A decision tree was combined with a Markov model to measure incremental cost-effectiveness of different approaches to hypertension screening. Values used as input parameters for the model were taken from different sources.

Utilities of Patients with Hypertension in Northern Vietnam.

Objectives: The study aims to inform potential cost-effectiveness analysis of hypertension management in Vietnam by providing utilities and predictors of utilities in patients with hypertension.

Methods: Hypertensive patients up to 80 years old visiting the hospital were invited to participate in a survey using Quality Metric's Short-form 36v2TM translated into Vietnamese. Health-state utilities were estimated by applying a previously published algorithm.

Direct costs of hypertensive patients admitted to hospital in Vietnam- a bottom-up micro-costing analysis.

Background: There is an economic burden associated with hypertension both worldwide and in Vietnam. In Vietnam, patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure are hospitalized for further diagnosis and initiation of treatment. Because there is no evidence on costs of inpatient care for hypertensive patients available yet to inform policy makers, health insurance and hospitals, this study aims to quantify direct costs of inpatient care for these patients in Vietnam.

Models to Predict the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in a Rural Mountainous Region of Vietnam.

Objective: To compare and identify the most appropriate model to predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a rural area in Northern Vietnam, using data on hypertension from the communities.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted including all residents in selected communities, aged 34 to 65 years, during April to August 2012 in Thai Nguyen province. Data on age, sex, smoking status, blood pressure, and blood tests (glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) were collected to identify the prevalence of high blood pressure and to use as input variables for the models.

Cost of providing the expanded programme on immunization: findings from a facility-based study in Viet Nam, 2005.

Objective: To estimate and analyse the costs for providing the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) in a rural community in the north of Viet Nam in 2005.

Methods: An ingredient approach was used to collect cost data from the perspective of the service providers.

Findings: The total annual cost of EPI in Bavi district was US$58,460 [purchasing power parity (PPP) 282,076].