| Title: |
Approximation to the economic cost of healthcare for hypertensive patients diagnosed with COVID-19 |
| Authors: |
Jesús Calderón-Moreno, María Jesús Delgado-Rodriguez, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido, Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Amaya Burgos-Esteban, Pilar Sánchez-Conde, Vicente Andreu-Fernández, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Jose Angel Santos-Sanchez, Manuel Quintana-Diaz, Eva María Andrés-Esteban |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
healthcare economics and organizations, economics, hospital, COVID-19, public health administration, cost of illness, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
IntroductionMany researchers have focused their studies on hypertension due to its over-representation among COVID-19 patients. Both retrospective and observational studies conducted close to the Wuhan area have reported that hypertension is the most common comorbidity observed in patients affected by COVID-19.ObjectiveOur objective is that patients with arterial hypertension have a worse prognosis in terms of evolution leading to higher costs.MethodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 3,581 patients from La Paz University Hospital (LPUH) during the period between 15 July 2020 and 31 July 2020 were included in this study.ResultsIt should be noted that 40.71% of the patients were hypertensive. As expected, hypertension was associated with men, among whom we observed a higher prevalence and a higher age (median age of 77 years (IQI: 65–85) versus 52 years (IQI: 37–64), p-value < 0.001). Hypertensive patients had a higher prevalence of dyspnea (52.14% vs. 47.15%, p-value = 0.004) and altered awareness (14.89% vs. 4.30%, p-value |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2296-2565 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1333081/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpubh.2024.1333081 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/c3e783b3dc8a40d5b9ed8844f9a64eb4 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.3e783b3dc8a40d5b9ed8844f9a64eb4 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
