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Table 3 Hypertension-related hospitalization costs* 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

Cost Categories

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

Total Costs Reimbursed

   Total

55629906

13266422

8504060

33109546

749878

   Median

74

57

68

130

84

   Interquartile range

(47, 136)

(40, 81)

(44, 112)

(72, 252)

(52, 151)

Room & board

     

   Total

12144111

3490435

1903868

6598794

151013

   Median

17

15

17

29

17

   Interquartile range

(11, 31)

(9, 24)

(10, 30)

(16, 51)

(11, 31)

Medicines

     

   Total

18891088

3743671

2812965

12060518

273935

   Median

20

12

19

40

25

   Interquartile range

(8, 49)

(6, 26)

(7, 37)

(15, 99)

(10, 58)

Laboratory

     

   Total

15981484

4045645

2464490

9247897

223452

   Median

26

17

20

36

32

   Interquartile range

(14, 36)

(9, 32)

(12, 36)

(18, 76)

(15, 42)

Operating room

     

   Total

741670

86718

151197

494819

8937

   Median

0

0

0

0

0

   Interquartile range

(0, 0)

(0, 0)

(0, 0)

(0, 0)

(0, 0)

Professional fee

     

   Total

5205156

1530813

867739

2743100

63505

   Median

9

7

9

11

10

   Interquartile range

(6, 14)

(5, 11)

(6, 13)

(6, 20)

(5, 15)

  1. * in 2005 US$, using mid-year exchange rates and adjusted for inflation; HTN = hypertension