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

Table 6 Hospitalization trajectory among PhilHealth members with discharges for essential or secondary HTN

Sequelae	Number (%) of Members n = 60659	Number (%) of Hospitalizations N = 78109	Days to First Hospital Readmission for Sequelae
			25^th Percentile	50^th Percentile	75^th Percentile
Hypertensive heart disease	1948 (3.2)	2297 (2.9)	85	247	496
Hypertensive renal disease	110 (0.2)	411 (0.5)	60	255	502
Hypertensive heart and renal disease	26 (0.0)	26 (0.0)	68	178	367
Other definite consequences of untreated HTN	3292 (5.4)	3919 (5.0)	59	225	496
Other possible consequences of untreated HTN	154 (0.3)	163 (0.2)	80	211	437

Reasons for subsequent hypertension-related hospitalization during 3.5 years for PhilHealth members with an admission for essential or secondary HTN during the first 18 months of the study (July 2002–December 2003) HTN = hypertension

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