Variability in the management of hypertension and cost-effectiveness: Methodology, community care results and potential cost reductions
This study examined factors contributing to variability in the cost-effectiveness of managing hypertension using the Weinstein and Staton methodology. Empirical analysis was based on resource use and blood pressure data from 160 persons ages 25-64 in an urban community family practice center in 1976. The exploratory study presented results on blood pressure reduction, annual treatment costs, the importance of different cost factors, variability in management costs and potentials for increasing cost-effectiveness. For males cost-effectiveness estimates were similar to those of Weinstein and Stason, while the results for women were somewhat different due to less cost-effectiveness in hypertension management for older women. With small modifications in current Family Practice procedures the cost-effectiveness of managing hypertension appears to be able to be increased in many cases by as much as one-third.
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1984
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Authors: | Stevens, Robert D. ; Bingley, Leo J. ; Boger, Marilyn ; El-Wanni, Jabr ; Kaston, Julie |
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Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 18.1984, 9, p. 767-774
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Elsevier |
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