Health care utilization in outpatients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus/impaired renal function in Germany. Results of the 3A Registry

Aims: There is little data available about health care utilization in patients with hypertension. Therefore we used the data of the prospective 3A Registry to determine clinical events, quality of life, and health care utilization over 1 year in patients with hypertension with and without impaired renal function/diabetes mellitus. Methods: The prospective, non-interventional 3A Registry included outpatients with newly diagnosed or known hypertension in whom the physician had decided to initiate or modify antihypertensive therapy. Patients were observed in 3 treatment arms with aliskiren, ACEi/angiotensin-recepto…