title: Prevalence of adequate blood pressure control in self-pay or Medicare patients versus Medicaid or private insurance patients with systemic hypertension followed in a university cardiology or general medicine clinic.
abstract: The prevalence of adequate blood pressure control was investigated in 614 patients (mean age 60 +/- 16 years) with systemic hypertension followed in a university cardiology or general medicine clinic. Systemic hypertension was adequately controlled in 46 of 122 patients (38%) who had to pay for their medications (self-pay or Medicare patients) versus 342 of 492 patients (70%) who received their medications at minimal or no cost because they were on Medicaid or had private insurance (p <0.001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gandelman
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: Raja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000191:economics*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000191:economics; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents