Relationship Between Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication Regimen and Out-of-Pocket Costs Among People Aged 35 to 64 With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Baker-Goering, Madeleine M. ; Roy, Kakoli ; Howard, David H.
• Description:
  We used administrative claims data from 2014 on people with employer-sponsored health insurance to assess the proportion of patients taking antihypertensive medications, rates of nonadherence to these medication regimens, and out-of-pocket costs paid by patients. We performed multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine the association between out-of-pocket costs and nonadherence. Results indicated that patients filled the equivalent of 13 monthly prescriptions and paid $76 out of pocket over the calendar year; the likelihood of nonadherence increased as out-of-pocket costs increased (adjusted odds ratios ranged from 1.04 to 1.78; P < .001). These findings suggest a need for improvement in adherence among patients with employer-sponsored insurance.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 16
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd16.180381
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  30900546
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6429684
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  16
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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  urn:sha-512:cdc98e7dda386bfeecfaaf09de28e93ece68e9eb06cbc84dd8fe021dec4c38ef5c449419eaf1df530d126683d5f002aeeeef44f03e885803302804d536eb78c9
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