Health Care Expenditures and Use Associated with Hypertension Among U.S. Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study seeks to estimate health care expenditures and use associated with hypertension, focusing on differences among racial and ethnic groups.

Methods

Data were from the 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, analyzed in 2023. The study sample included noninstitutionalized U.S. adults aged ≥18 years. Outcome variables were health care expenditures and events. Hypertension was determined by a self-reported diagnosis or diagnosis codes. Race and ethnicity were self-reported. A 2-part model was used to estimate expenditures associated with hypertension. A zero-inflated negative binomial model was used to estimate events associated with hypertension. Sampling designs were applied to generate nationally representative estimates.

Results

Hypertension was a

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11585433 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature