Outcomes of decentralizing hypertension care from district hospitals to health centers in Rwanda, 2013–2014

Three district hospitals (DHs) and seven health centers (HCs) in rural Rwanda.To describe follow-up and treatment outcomes in stage 1 and 2 hypertension patients receiving care at HCs closer to home in comparison to patients receiving care at DHs further from home.A retrospective descriptive cohort study using routinely collected data involving adult patients aged ⩾18 years in care at chronic non-communicable disease clinics and receiving...