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Quality Safety And Cost Considerations

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Running head: ASSESSING THE PROBLEM 1
Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations
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ASSESSING THE PROBLEM 2
Assessing the Problem: Part 1
Hypertension or high blood pressure is cited as a leading significant risk factor for
premature cardiovascular morbidity and deaths worldwide. Kilic et al. (2016) point out that
hypertension is responsible for approximately 7.5 million deaths every year. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approximates that half of the adults (45% of the total
population) are affected by hypertension. The condition was responsible for nearly half a million
mortality cases in 2018. However, 24% of the adult population with hypertension has their
condition under control, while 45% have uncontrolled hypertension (Facts about Hypertension |
cdc.gov, 2020). Uncontrolled hypertension is linked to multiple adverse health outcomes,
including myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, and early deaths. These undesirable clinical
outcomes impact quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Impacts on Quality of Care, Patient Safety and Costs to the System and Individual
Hypertension has an adverse impact on the quality since the condition is progressive if it
is uncontrolled. For example, a national cohort-based study conducted by Hong et al. (2020)
established that risk factors such as age, hemoglobin level, and BMI increased the condition's
progression to other diseases such as renal failure, stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction,
dementia, retinopathy, and early death. In turn, these conditions are likely to lead to pressure-
related target-organ injuries such as proteinuria, renal insufficiency, and left ventricular
hypertrophy. Therefore, an individual with hypertension is likely to experience reduced kidney
function, requiring multidrug therapy to lower blood pressure to prevent progressive kidney
function loss. Furthermore, multiply antihypertensive medications are needed in hypertensive
patients with diabetes to achieve blood pressure goals. Therefore, the increased medical attention
required by hypertensive patients reduces the quality of care.

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Running head: ASSESSING THE PROBLEM Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations Student’s Name Institutional Affiliations Due Date 1 ASSESSING THE PROBLEM 2 Assessing the Problem: Part 1 Hypertension or high blood pressure is cited as a leading significant risk factor for premature cardiovascular morbidity and deaths worldwide. Kilic et al. (2016) point out that hypertension is responsible for approximately 7.5 million deaths every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approximates that half of the adults (45% of the total population) are affected by hypertension. The condition was responsible for nearly half a million mortality cases in 2018. However, 24% of the adult population with hypertension has their condition under control, while 45% have uncontrolled hypertension (Facts about Hypertension | cdc.gov, 2020). Uncontrolled hypertension is linked to multiple adverse health outcomes, including myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, and early deaths. These undesirable clinical outcomes impact quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Impacts on Quality of Care, Patient Safety and Costs to the System and Individual Hypertension has an adverse impact on the quality since the condition is progressive if it is uncontrolled. For example, a national cohort-based study conducted by Hong et al. (2020) established that risk factors such as age, hemoglobin level, and BMI increased the condition's p ...
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