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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2015 Nov;49(5):772–783. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.04.003

Table 6.

Healthcare Cost Impact per Person per Year

All studies Studies with ≥3
components of
healthcare costa 		With only BP
focus		 With only BP
focus and ≥3
components of
healthcare
costa
No. of studies
(observations) 		2017,22,24,27–29,32–45
(23)		 1117,22,24,27,28,33,35,36,38,41,42
(11)		 1317,22,27,28,33,34,36,37,39,41,43–45
(16)		 717,22,27,28,33,36,41
(7)
No. of studies
(observations)
with healthcare
cost saving 		1017,24,35,36,38,40–43,45
(10)		 717,24,35,36,38,41,42
(7)		 517,36,41,43,45
(5)		 317,36,41
(3)
Median (IQI) $65
(IQI: –$235 to
$318)		 −$77
(IQI: –$436 to
$98)		 $110
(IQI: –$46 to
$446)		 $25
(IQI: –$53 to
$123)
a

Components of healthcare cost were for outpatient visits, medications, hospital inpatient stays, emergency room (ER) visits, and patient time.

BP, blood pressure; IQI, interquartile interval