Heterogeneous effects of blood pressure screening

Fabrice Kampfen and Irene Mosca

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 242, issue C

Abstract: This is the first study that investigates the heterogeneous effects of blood pressure (BP) screening on subsequent changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments carried out in 2010 (baseline) and 2014 (follow-up) as part of a nationally-representative longitudinal study on ageing in Ireland. We focus on individuals who at baseline do not report a previous hypertension diagnosis and employ a Regression Discontinuity Design by comparing outcomes at follow-up on either side of the BP cutoff that separates normal to abnormal BP at baseline. We find that the BP screening reduces BP at follow-up, with larger and more precisely estimated effects for males, middle-age individuals (as opposed to older individuals), and individuals without public health insurance coverage.

Keywords: Health screening; Hypertension; Blood pressure; Undiagnosed individuals; Non-communicable diseases; Regression discontinuity design; Ireland; High-income country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111845

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