MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepMMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. RepWRMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report0149-21951545-861XCenters for Disease Control and Prevention291663645769786mm6646a510.15585/mmwr.mm6646a5ErratumErratum: Vol. 65, No. 362411201724112017664612811281All material in the MMWR Series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.RitcheyM, ChangA, PowersC, Vital signs: disparities in antihypertensive medication nonadherence among Medicare Part D beneficiaries — United States, 2014.MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep2016;65:967–76. 10.15585/mmwr.mm6536e1
In the report “Vital Signs: Disparities in Antihypertensive Medication Nonadherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries — United States, 2014,” on page 973, in Table 3, the data for states beginning with “N” should have read as follows:
Antihypertensive medication nonadherence among Medicare Part D beneficiaries aged ≥65 years, by state and territory, United States, 2014
State/Territory
No. beneficiaries
AHM fills
Annual AHM spending
Total (millions)
Mean maximum treatment intensity*
Percent fixed-dose combinations
Mean days’ supply per fill
Total spending per beneficiary ($)
Out-of-pocket spending per beneficiary ($)
Percent of out-of-pocket spending attributed to AHM
Percent nonadherent†
Nebraska
108,367
1.49
2.20
8.7
46.4
302
111
17.9
22.6
Nevada
135,396
1.38
2.15
8.6
59.1
250
73
15.6
28.2
New Hampshire
66,971
0.71
2.10
5.2
60.4
285
99
18.6
20.5
New Jersey
532,767
5.49
2.22
11.2
60.5
472
117
21.5
25.3
New Mexico
103,182
1.06
2.08
7.0
56.9
261
77
17.9
29.8
New York
1,243,971
15.11
2.23
9.6
52.3
404
83
20.2
25.3
North Carolina
615,702
8.05
2.24
10.4
47.4
307
93
17.4
28.1
North Dakota
42,929
0.54
2.24
7.3
53.5
272
109
17.5
18.7
Abbreviation: AHM = antihypertensive medication.
* Mean of the maximum number of AHM classes on hand at any one time per beneficiary; proxy for blood pressure treatment intensity.
† Nonadherence is defined as patients not following their health care professional’s instructions concerning taking their prescribed medication. Using the proportion of days covered methodology, beneficiaries were considered nonadherent if they had access to AHM for <80% of the days from the date of their first AHM fill through the end of 2014 or their death in 2014.