Healthcare Costs Attributable to Hypertension: Canadian Population-Based Cohort Study

Hypertension

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 502-508

  Weaver, Colin G ^a,b   Clement, Fiona M ^a,b   Campbell, Norm R C ^a,b   James, Matthew T ^a,b   Klarenbach, Scott W ^c   Hemmelgarn, Brenda R ^a,b   Tonelli, Marcello ^a   McBrien, Kerry A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; cost of illness; healthcare costs; healthcare economics and organization; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84939231798     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05702     Document Type: Article

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