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Review: Hypertension, a health economics perspective

Universidad Nactional Autónoma de México, Cardiology Division, Hospital General de México, hospitalgeneral{at}hotmail.com

Liliana Cueto

Evaluation of Investment Project, and Head of the Academic Area of Administration, Finances and Economics, Engineering School, Universidad Panaméricana, México

The economic aspects of hypertension are critical to modern medicine. The medical, economic, and human costs of untreated and inadequately controlled hypertension are enormous. Hypertension is distributed unequally and with iniquity in different countries and regions of the world. Treatment of hypertension requires an investment over many years to prolong disease-free quality years of life. The high prevalence and high cost of the disease impacts on the microeconomics and macroeconomics of countries and regions. The criteria used for inclusion in clinical guidelines for hypertension impact on the cost and cost/utility of diagnosis or treatment.

Key Words: Hypertension economics • cost • opportunity cost • macroeconomics • inequalities • inequities

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