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Network characteristics of a referral system for patients with hypertension in Western Kenya: results from the Strengthening Referral Networks for Management of Hypertension Across the Health System (STRENGTHS) study

Thakkar, Aarti ; Valente, Thomas ; Andesia, Josephine ; Njuguna, Benson ; Miheso, Juliet ; Mercer, Tim ; Mugo, Richard ; Mwangi, Ann ; Mwangi, Eunice ; Pastakia, Sonak D ; Pathak, Shravani ; Pillsbury, Mc Kinsey M ; Kamano, Jemima ; Naanyu, Violet ; Williams, Makeda ; Vedanthan, Rajesh ; Akwanalo, Constantine ; Bloomfield, Gerald S

BMC health services research, 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.315-315, Article 315 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Network characteristics of a referral system for patients with hypertension in Western Kenya: results from the Strengthening Referral Networks for Management of Hypertension Across the Health System (STRENGTHS) study
Autor: Thakkar, Aarti ; Valente, Thomas ; Andesia, Josephine ; Njuguna, Benson ; Miheso, Juliet ; Mercer, Tim ; Mugo, Richard ; Mwangi, Ann ; Mwangi, Eunice ; Pastakia, Sonak D ; Pathak, Shravani ; Pillsbury, Mc Kinsey M ; Kamano, Jemima ; Naanyu, Violet ; Williams, Makeda ; Vedanthan, Rajesh ; Akwanalo, Constantine ; Bloomfield, Gerald S
Assuntos: Cardiovascular diseases ; Care and treatment ; Complications and side effects ; Diagnosis ; Government Programs ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Hypertension - epidemiology ; Hypertension - therapy ; Information and referral services ; Kenya ; Male ; Medical Assistance ; Methods ; Network analysis ; Network analysis (Planning) ; Prevention ; Referral and Consultation ; Referral patterns ; Risk factors
É parte de: BMC health services research, 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.315-315, Article 315
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Descrição: Health system approaches to improve hypertension control require an effective referral network. A national referral strategy exists in Kenya; however, a number of barriers to referral completion persist. This paper is a baseline assessment of a hypertension referral network for a cluster-randomized trial to improve hypertension control and reduce cardiovascular disease risk. We used sociometric network analysis to understand the relationships between providers within a network of nine geographic clusters in western Kenya, including primary, secondary, and tertiary care facilities. We conducted a survey which asked providers to nominate individuals and facilities to which they refer patients with controlled and uncontrolled hypertension. Degree centrality measures were used to identify providers in prominent positions, while mixed-effect regression models were used to determine provider characteristics related to the likelihood of receiving referrals. We calculated core-periphery correlation scores (CP) for each cluster (ideal CP score = 1.0). We surveyed 152 providers (physicians, nurses, medical officers, and clinical officers), range 10-36 per cluster. Median number of hypertensive patients seen per month was 40 (range 1-600). While 97% of providers reported referring patients up to a more specialized health facility, only 55% reported referring down to lower level facilities. Individuals were more likely to receive a referral if they had higher level of training, worked at a higher level facility, were male, or had more job experience. CP scores for provider networks range from 0.335 to 0.693, while the CP scores for the facility networks range from 0.707 to 0.949. This analysis highlights several points of weakness in this referral network including cluster variability, poor provider linkages, and the lack of down referrals. Facility networks were stronger than provider networks. These shortcomings represent opportunities to focus interventions to improve referral networks for hypertension. Trial Registered on ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03543787 , June 1, 2018.
Editor: England: BioMed Central Ltd
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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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