Association of Antihypertensive Medication Adherence With Healthcare Use and Medicaid Expenditures for Acute Cardiovascular Events

Autor:	David Howard, Kakoli Roy, Fleetwood Loustalot, Zhuo Yang, Matthew D. Ritchey, Julie C. Will
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Adult Male Healthcare use medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Medication Adherence 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Intensive care medicine health care economics and organizations Antihypertensive Agents Antihypertensive medication Proportional Hazards Models Proportional hazards model business.industry Medicaid Incidence (epidemiology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Emergency department Middle Aged United States Hospitalization Socioeconomic Factors Cardiovascular Diseases Cohort Hypertension Female Health Expenditures business Emergency Service Hospital
Zdroj:	Medical care. 54(5)
ISSN:	1537-1948
Popis:	OBJECTIVES We assessed the impact of antihypertensive medication (AHM) adherence on the incidence and associated Medicaid costs of acute cardiovascular disease (CVD) events among Medicaid beneficiaries. METHODS The study cohort (n=59,037) consists of nonelderly adults continuously enrolled (36 mo and above) in a Medicaid fee-for-service program. AHM adherence was calculated using the medication possession ratio (MPR) and stratified to low (MPR
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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