Hypertension in America, 2002 : estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population ages 18 and older /

Data from the Household Component of the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) show that an estimated 21.3 percent or 45.3 million adults 18 years old and older had been told by a health care professional at two or more different medical visits that they had hypertension.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carroll, William
Corporate Authors:	United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2004]
Series:	Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #59.
Subjects:	Pulmonary hypertension > Research > United States. Hypertension > United States > Statistics. Insurance, Health > United States > Statistics. Medically Uninsured > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS103251

Description
Summary:	Data from the Household Component of the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) show that an estimated 21.3 percent or 45.3 million adults 18 years old and older had been told by a health care professional at two or more different medical visits that they had hypertension.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 26, 2008). "December 2004." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	6 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/26/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st59/stat59.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.