Why the study?
Does the presence of hypertension increase all-cause medication expenditures in US adults?
Population
21,782 civilian noninstitutionalized US adults aged ≥ 18 years who participated in the 2007 Medical…
Comparison
Presence of hypertension vs Normotensive adults
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Hypertension was associated with higher medication expenditures; leaves open causality and cost-reduction strategies pending longitudinal data.
Does the presence of hypertension increase all-cause medication expenditures in US adults?
Hypertension is associated with a substantial increase in all-cause medication expenditures among US adults, totaling an estimated $68 billion in 2007.
Wang et al. (2013) studied this question.
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