Primary health care centers in this Saudi Arabian cohort manage less than one-fifth of the expected number of adult hypertensive patients in the community, indicating significant underutilization or underdiagnosis.
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PHC centers capture few expected hypertensives in this Saudi cohort; leaves open whether underdiagnosis or access barriers predominate and warrants targeted studies.
Almustafa et al. (2003) studied this question.
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