Health care costs for employed hypertensives

Medical Care
J R HebelM Sexton

Abstract

Health care insurance claims were used to track costs associated with hypertension for an employed population. Employees were classified as hypertensive (n = 373), high normal (n = 363), or normotensive (n = 2,411) on the basis of hypertension screening done at the worksite. Claims activity was monitored for the three groups during a three-year period, including periods before, during, and after the screening done at the worksite. The average amount claimed per employee was significantly higher for the hypertensives as compared with the normotensives or high normals, even after adjustment for age, race, sex, salary, marital status, and duration of insurance coverage. There was no significant difference in the average amount claimed per employee between high normals and normotensives. The health care costs for hypertensives are estimated to be about 80% more than those for normotensives. Hospital, physicians, and nursing care accounts for about 50 percentage points of this increment while the remaining 30 percentage points derive from drug costs.

Citations

May 28, 2010·Hypertension Research : Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension·Koshi NakamuraUNKNOWN Health Promotion Research Committee of the Shiga National Health Insurance Organizations
Mar 25, 2006·Hypertension Research : Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension·Koshi NakamuraUNKNOWN Health Promotion Research Committee of the Siga National Insurance Organizations
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May 29, 2007·Circulation Journal : Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society·Tomonori OkamuraUNKNOWN Health Promotion Research Committee, Shiga National Health Insurance Organizations

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