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1Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China; 2Center for Drug Safety and Policy Research, Xi'an, People's Republic of China; 3Shaanxi Center for Health Reform and Development Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pharmacy, Yusra Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan; 5Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Veternary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; 6Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 900951772, USA Purpose: Hypertension prevalence is mounting at a great pace in the People's Republic of