Abstract
To describe hypertension trends in US adults aged 65 years and older using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data, a cross-sectional, nationally representative health examination survey from MCBS files between 1999 and 2004 was investigated. Overall, 62% of beneficiaries, or an estimated 20 million US adults aged 65 years and older, were hypertensive as extrapolated from MCBS data. From 1999 to 2004, the prevalence rate of hypertension increased from 59% to 65% (P
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Aslam, F., Haque, A., Agostini, J. V., Wang, Y., & Foody, J. A. M. (2010). Hypertension prevalence and prescribing trends in older us adults: 1999-2004. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 12(2), 75–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00223.x
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