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The growing gap in hypertension control between insured and uninsured adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988 to 2010
- Source :
- Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979). 64(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control are lower among uninsured than insured adults. Time trends in differences and underlying modifiable factors are important for informing strategies to improve health equity. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 1988 to 1994, 1999 to 2004, and 2005 to 2010 data in adults aged 18 to 64 years were analyzed to explore this opportunity. The proportion of adults with hypertension who were uninsured increased from 12.3% in 1988 to 1994 to 17.4% in 2005 to 2010. In 1988 to 1994, hypertension awareness, treatment, and control to P =0.27) were similar in insured and uninsured adults. By 2005 to 2010, the absolute gap in hypertension control between uninsured and insured adults of 21.9% (52.5% versus 30.6%; P P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Adolescent
Article
Young Adult
Environmental health
Health care
Internal Medicine
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
Antihypertensive Agents
Retrospective Studies
Insurance, Health
Hypertension control
Poverty
business.industry
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Confidence interval
Health equity
United States
Cross-Sectional Studies
Treatment Outcome
Hypertension
Multivariate Analysis
Female
Statin therapy
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15244563
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4d5557a69751745622104226d3930f57