Regional and Rural-Urban Patterns in the Prevalence of Diagnosed Hypertension among Older U.S. Adults with Diabetes, 2005–2017

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Explores trends in the prevalence of diagnosed hypertension among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes across four geographic regions between 2005 and 2017. Examines Medicare administrative claims data to describe sociodemographic characteristics of the sampled beneficiaries with diabetes. Uses the 2013 CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) classification scheme to compare the age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension in each region over time by rurality.

Jalal Uddin, Sha Zhu, Gargya Malla, et al.

BMC Public Health, 24, 24, 1326

05/2024

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Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Elderly population · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data