Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 113-118, March 2009

Hypertension: a policy perspective, 1976–2008

  • William B. Stason, MD, MSci

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: William B. Stason, MD, MSci, School of Public Health, Harvard University and Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773. Tel: 781-258-3419; fax: 781-736-3905.

School of Public Health, Harvard University and Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA

Received 27 August 2008; accepted 10 December 2008. published online 23 February 2009.

Abstract 

Hypertension has important public health, clinical, and economic consequences for the health care system and for society. This report summarizes key issues pertaining to the global economics of hypertension; describes findings from recent cost-effectiveness analyses; and raises key policy issues with respect to insurance coverage and opportunities to increase the value of efforts to treat hypertension.

Keywords: Economics, cost-effectiveness, insurance coverage, health care

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(08)00219-2

doi:10.1016/j.jash.2008.12.001

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 113-118, March 2009

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