Medicare paid for most of the total amount spent on treating hypertension among adults in 2010, according to a statistical brief from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The brief presents estimates based on the household component of the 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
In 2010, the total amount spent on treating hypertension was $42.9 billion. The distribution of expenditure among different sources of payment, according to the brief, was as follows:
• Medicare paid for 30 percent of the total amount.
• Private insurance paid for nearly 29 percent of the total amount.
• Out-of-pocket payments accounted for 21 percent of the total amount.
• Medicaid paid for 9.6 percent of the total amount.
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The brief presents estimates based on the household component of the 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
In 2010, the total amount spent on treating hypertension was $42.9 billion. The distribution of expenditure among different sources of payment, according to the brief, was as follows:
• Medicare paid for 30 percent of the total amount.
• Private insurance paid for nearly 29 percent of the total amount.
• Out-of-pocket payments accounted for 21 percent of the total amount.
• Medicaid paid for 9.6 percent of the total amount.
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