Trends in Healthcare Expenditures Among US Adults With Hypertension: National Estimates, 2003-2014.

ABSTRACT: One in 3 US adults has high blood pressure, or hypertension. As prior projections suggest hypertension is the costliest of all cardiovascular diseases, it is important to define the current state of healthcare expenditures related to hypertension. We used a nationally representative database, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, to calculate the estimated annual healthcare expenditure for patients with hypertension and to measure trends in expenditure longitudinally over a 12-year period. A 2-part model was used to estimate adjusted incremental expenditures for individuals with hypertension versus those without hypertension. Sex, race/ethnicity, education, insurance status, census region, income, marital status, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and year category were included as covariates. Th

SUBMITTER: Kirkland EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6015342 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature