Study Results from Shenzhen University Provide New Insights into Hypertension (Cross-sectional Study On the Management and Control of Hypertension Among Migrants In Primary Care: What Is the Impact of Segmented Health Insurance Schemes?)

2019 SEP 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions - Hypertension is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating from Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Information is scarce regarding the impact of fragmented health insurance schemes on the management and control of hypertension among migrants in primary care. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between insurance status and management and control of hypertension among migrants in primary care and to examine whether social capital could facilitate migrants’ participation in local health insurance schemes.”

Financial supporters for this research include Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen University.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Shenzhen University, “A site-based, cross-sectional, face-to-face patient survey was administered in Shenzhen, China. Hypertensive primary care users who were migrants were selected using a systematic sampling design. The participants covered by local health insurance schemes were more likely than those without coverage to be managed by primary care facilities (82.6% versus 62.0%; odds ratio=2.63, 95% CI 1.41-4.89) and to take antihypertensive medications (87.9% versus 76.4%; odds ratio=2.38, 95% CI 1.34-4.24), and they had higher scores in first contact use (3.49 versus 3.23; beta=0.17, 95% CI 0.05-0.29) and continuity of care (3.17 versus 3.02; beta=0.11, 95% CI 0.01-0.21). The participants covered by local insurance schemes had higher scores in perceived generalized trust than their counterparts (4.23 versus 3.95; beta=0.16, 95% CI 0.09-0.40). The hypertension control rate was also higher among the participants with local health insurance coverage (48.8% versus 42.2%; odds ratio=1.38, 95% CI 1.02-2.12). In conclusion, local health insurance schemes are associated with optimal control of hypertension for migrants compared with social health insurance schemes.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Our study implies that one form of social capital, namely perceived general trust, contributes to migrant hypertensive patients’ participation in local health insurance schemes.”

For more information on this research see: Cross-sectional Study On the Management and Control of Hypertension Among Migrants In Primary Care: What Is the Impact of Segmented Health Insurance Schemes? Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019;8(16):. Journal of the American Heart Association can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting H.T. Li, ShenZhen University, Clin Med Acad, General Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include W. Zhu, X.J. Wang, H. Xia and C. Mao.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.012674. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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