Difference in blood pressure levels in patients with hypertension with and without refillable prescription program in family medicine
Brian González-Pérez, Rebeca Benítez Torres, Francisco C. Martínez, Raúl de León Escobedo, Ricardo Salas Flores, Alma A. Peña Maldonado · 2025
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High blood pressure affects about a third of adults in Mexico and drives heart and kidney damage when it stays uncontrolled. Brian González-Pérez and co-authors study a refillable prescription program in family medicine. The program lets stable patients renew their medicines without a fresh visit each time. The authors ask whether patients in the program keep lower blood pressure than those outside it.
The program was created because growing patient numbers and limited clinic capacity strain routine care. An earlier study in another population found that patients in the program held a steady drop in blood pressure after one year. That lowered their risk of complications. The authors set out the background and rationale for comparing blood pressure levels between the two groups in their clinic population. Their work adds local evidence on whether easier refills support better long-term control of this chronic disease.
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| CREATOR | Brian González-Pérez, Rebeca Benítez Torres, Francisco C. Martínez, Raúl de León Escobedo, Ricardo Salas Flores, Alma A. Peña Maldonado |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |