Impact of hypertension on medical economics: A 10-year follow-up study of National Health Insurance in Shiga, Japan

Hypertension Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 859-864

  Nakamura, Koshi ^d   Okamura, Tomonori ^d   Kanda, Hideyuki ^a   Hayakawa, Takehito ^b   Kadowaki, Takashi ^d   Okayama, Akira ^c   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^d   Yamashita, Shigeo ^e   Tominaga, Yoshinori ^f   Katsuyama, Kazuaki ^g   Kakuno, Fumihiko ^h   Kitanishi, Machiko ⁱ   Tobita, Yukio ^j   Okamura, Kanehiro ^j   Hatta, Kiminobu ^j   Okada, Takao ^j   Hatanaka, Michiko ^j  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e Kohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

^f Kohka Public Hospital   (Japan)

^g Otsu Public Health Center   (Japan)

^h Nagahama Public Health Center   (Japan)

ⁱ Higashiomi City Yokaichi Public Health Center   (Japan)

^j The Shiga National Health Insurance Organization   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Hypertension; Japan; Medical costs; National Health Insurance

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 31744443983     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.28.859     Document Type: Article

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