Table 2.

Characteristics (n, %) of hypertension-related hospitalizations reimbursed by PhilHealth

	All HTN-Related Diagnoses	Essential or Secondary HTN	Hypertensive Heart and/or Renal Disease	Other Definite Consequences of Untreated HTN	Other Possible Consequences of Untreated HTN
Hospitalizations, n	444628	186013	86588	166646	5381
Unique patients, n	360016	166794	67469	144415	5161
mAge group*, n	444528	185991	86566	166591	5380
0–39	8.1	11.8	4.9	5.5	11.6
40–59	37.8	45.1	35.7	30.8	32.6
60–79	46.0	37.7	50.1	53.3	44.7
80–100	8.1	5.4	9.3	10.5	11.1
Gender, n	444617	186006	86587	166643	5381
Men	46.7	38.9	46.0	55.8	47.5
Women	53.3	61.1	54.1	44.2	52.4
Member status, n	444617	186013	86588	166646	5381
Member	49.5	46.3	50.5	52.5	50.0
Dependent	50.5	53.7	49.5	47.5	50.0
Membership category, n	444628	186013	86588	166646	5381
Government employee	33.6	35.7	33.2	31.4	32.6
Private firm employee	31.0	30.6	27.7	33.0	32.1
Self-employed	10.8	10.4	13.5	9.8	9.6
Retired/pensioner	13.2	9.7	16.2	15.5	13.9
Sponsored/indigent	11.5	13.6	9.4	10.3	11.8
mHospital type, n	435910	181480	85108	164159	5163
Public	24.8	24.0	22.8	26.9	22.0
Private	75.2	76.0	77.2	73.1	78.0
mHospital location†, n	443703	186013	86588	165786	5316
NCR	20.4	12.0	20.5	29.9	17.3
North	18.9	20.7	17.3	17.5	27.1
Central	37.8	40.2	40.3	34.1	31.4
South	22.9	27.2	21.8	18.6	24.2
Length of stay – total (days) – median	1834589 3	549741 2	305705 2	957101 4	22042 3
mMedical case type, n	444628	186013	86588	166646	5381
Catastrophic	14.7	1.3	21.1	26.2	14.6
Intensive	25.9	9.1	22.8	45.9	36.6
Ordinary	59.5	89.6	56.1	28.0	48.8
Surgery performed, n	444628	186013	86588	166646	5381
No	93.9	98.5	84.6	93.4	96.3
Yes	6.1	1.5	15.4	6.6	3.7

^mSome claims were missing data for this variable; *Based on age at admission date; ^†Location variables refer to major areas of the Philippines; HTN = hypertension