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Table 4 Marginal effect estimates of health care expenditures in patients with arterial hypertension according to adherence to treatment and level of physical activity in a crude analyse

From: Interrelationship between arterial hypertension, health service costs, therapeutic treatment and physical activity

 

Marginal effects (US$)

Consultation

Laboratory tests

Medication

Total primary care

Total sec. and terc. care

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

NOR + ACTIVE (reference) (n = 30)

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

NOR + IA (n = 72)

6.0 (4.3)

-2.5; 14.6

-2.6 (2.2)

-7.0; 1.6

7.5 (4.7)

-1..8; 16.9

10.8 (7.8)

-4.5; 26.3

-5.7 (181.9)

-362.3; 350.7

AHNOTADH+ACTIVE (n = 137)

24.0** (4.9)

14.3; 14.3

.8 (2.3)

-3.6; 5.4

42.9** (7.7)

27.7 58.2

67.8** (10.0)

48.2; 87.4

287.4 (189.4)

-83.8; 658.7

AHNOTADH+IA (n = 43)

18.0** (6.4)

5.3; 30.6

4.0 (3.3)

-2.5; 10.6

23.3** (8.7)

6.2; 40.5

45.4** (12.7)

20.5; 70.4

156.1 (226.2)

-287.3; 599.6

AHADH+IA (n = 16)

28.0** (12.0)

4.4; 51.7

− .8 (3.2)

-7.1; 5.4

51.0** (23.8)

4.3; 97.8

78.3** (26.3)

26.7; 129.9

268.0 (352.8)

-423.5; 959.7

AHADH+ACTIVE (n = 8)

17.1 (12.9)

-8.2; 42.4

-5.3 (2.2)*

-9.8; -0.8

1.3 (7.8)

-14.0; 16.7

13.0 (16.9)

-20.1; 46.3

62.5 (366.1)

-655.1; 780.1

  1. Test GLM. * <5%. ** <1%. S.E. = std. error. CI = confidence interval. Estim.= estimate. sec.= secondary; terc.= tertiary. NOR + ACTIVE = normotensive + physically active. NOR + IA = normotensive + insufficiently active. AHNOTADH+ACTIVE = hypertensive not/partially adherent + physically active. AHNOTADH+IA = hypertensive not/partially adherent + insufficiently active. AHADH+ACTIVE = hypertensive adherent + physically active. AHADH+IA = active hypertensive adherent + insufficiently active.