Skip to main content

Table 2 Characteristics (n, %) of hypertension-related hospitalizations reimbursed by PhilHealth

From: Costs of hospital care for hypertension in an insured population without an outpatient medicines benefit: an observational study in the Philippines

 

All HTN-Related Diagnoses

Essential or Secondary HTN

Hypertensive Heart and/or Renal Disease

Other Definite Consequences of Untreated HTN

Other Possible Consequences of Untreated HTN

Hospitalizations, n

444628

186013

86588

166646

5381

Unique patients, n

360016

166794

67469

144415

5161

mAge group*, n

444528

185991

86566

166591

5380

   0–39

8.1

11.8

4.9

5.5

11.6

   40–59

37.8

45.1

35.7

30.8

32.6

   60–79

46.0

37.7

50.1

53.3

44.7

   80–100

8.1

5.4

9.3

10.5

11.1

Gender, n

444617

186006

86587

166643

5381

   Men

46.7

38.9

46.0

55.8

47.5

   Women

53.3

61.1

54.1

44.2

52.4

Member status, n

444617

186013

86588

166646

5381

   Member

49.5

46.3

50.5

52.5

50.0

   Dependent

50.5

53.7

49.5

47.5

50.0

Membership category, n

444628

186013

86588

166646

5381

   Government employee

33.6

35.7

33.2

31.4

32.6

   Private firm employee

31.0

30.6

27.7

33.0

32.1

   Self-employed

10.8

10.4

13.5

9.8

9.6

   Retired/pensioner

13.2

9.7

16.2

15.5

13.9

   Sponsored/indigent

11.5

13.6

9.4

10.3

11.8

mHospital type, n

435910

181480

85108

164159

5163

   Public

24.8

24.0

22.8

26.9

22.0

   Private

75.2

76.0

77.2

73.1

78.0

mHospital location, n

443703

186013

86588

165786

5316

   NCR

20.4

12.0

20.5

29.9

17.3

   North

18.9

20.7

17.3

17.5

27.1

   Central

37.8

40.2

40.3

34.1

31.4

   South

22.9

27.2

21.8

18.6

24.2

Length of stay – total (days) – median

1834589 3

549741 2

305705 2

957101 4

22042 3

mMedical case type, n

444628

186013

86588

166646

5381

   Catastrophic

14.7

1.3

21.1

26.2

14.6

   Intensive

25.9

9.1

22.8

45.9

36.6

   Ordinary

59.5

89.6

56.1

28.0

48.8

Surgery performed, n

444628

186013

86588

166646

5381

   No

93.9

98.5

84.6

93.4

96.3

   Yes

6.1

1.5

15.4

6.6

3.7

  1. mSome claims were missing data for this variable; *Based on age at admission date; Location variables refer to major areas of the Philippines; HTN = hypertension