Key result
In elderly hypertensives, heart failure (OR 1.73) and diabetes (OR 1.36) predicted short-term institutional care, while ischaemic heart disease (OR 1.65) predicted long-term care.
Why the study?
What are the clinical predictors of high costs for short- and long-term institutional care in elderly hypertensive patients?
Population
6,614 elderly patients with systolic or diastolic hypertension, or a combination thereof, from the STOP…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 5.3 years
Authors
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Comorbidities may guide institutional care planning in elderly hypertensives; leaves open whether BP control modifies these risks.
Cohort (n=6,614)
Yes
What are the clinical predictors of high costs for short- and long-term institutional care in elderly hypertensive patients?
In elderly hypertensive patients, comorbidities such as cardiac disease, stroke, and diabetes, rather than blood pressure levels, are the primary predictors of high institutional care costs.
Linjer et al. (2006) conducted a cohort in Hypertension (n=6,614). Clinical risk factors (e.g., heart failure, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease) vs. Absence of respective risk factors was evaluated on Probability and costs of short-term (<10 days) and long-term (≥10 days) institutional care. In elderly hypertensives, heart failure (OR 1.73) and diabetes (OR 1.36) predicted short-term institutional care, while ischaemic heart disease (OR 1.65) predicted long-term care.
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