Geographical and Socioeconomic Disparity Analysis -- An Empirical Study of Hypertension and Its Comorbidities in China

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	Geographical and Socioeconomic Disparity Analysis -- An Empirical Study of Hypertension and Its Comorbidities in China
	James Ma 1; Jiaojiao Wang2 ; Jiaqi Liu 2; Zhidong Cao2
	2016
会议日期	5-8 Jan. 2016
会议地点	Koloa, HI, USA
英文摘要	As one of the most prevalent chronic diseases, hypertension is often a long-term economic burden to patients and public healthcare system. Although hypertension was well studied for its prevalence, comorbidities, and treatment, patient's geographical and socioeconomic disparity has rarely been considered. People from different regions are likely to have different diet and life styles which are important for developing hypertension. We investigated the correlation of the prevalence of hypertension and three comorbidities with various geographical and socioeconomic factors. From 29 hospitals across China, we collected a large sample of electronic medical records. Patient's gender, age, income level, hospital class, and geographical zone were chosen as risk factors. A univariate analysis showed strong correlations between those risk factors and the disease prevalence. Policy makers can benefit from our findings to identify at-risk hypertensive patients with different socioeconomic characteristics in different geographical regions, and thus allocate medical resources more effectively.
内容类型	会议论文
源URL	[http://ir.ia.ac.cn/handle/173211/20185]
专题	自动化研究所_复杂系统管理与控制国家重点实验室_互联网大数据与安全信息学研究中心
作者单位	1.Coll. of Bus., Univ. of Colorado 2.Inst Automat, Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Complex Syst & Intelligence Sci, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	James Ma,Jiaojiao Wang,Jiaqi Liu,et al. Geographical and Socioeconomic Disparity Analysis -- An Empirical Study of Hypertension and Its Comorbidities in China[C]. 见:. Koloa, HI, USA. 5-8 Jan. 2016.