Utility of Big Data to Explore Medication Adherence in Maori and Non-Maori Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Heart Failure in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication adherence improves morbidity and mortality-related outcomes in heart failure, and knowledge of patterns of medication adherence supports patient and clinician decision-making. Routinely collected national data facilitate the exploration of medication adherence and associated factors in older adults with heart failure, including the association between ethnicity and adherence. There are known inequities in access to medicines between Māori (Indigenous People of Aotearoa New Zealand) and non-Māori, yet ethnic variation in medicines adherence in community-dwelling older adults with heart failure has not been explored.

Objective

Here we identify medication adherence rates for community-dwelling older adults diagnosed with heart failure and differences in ad

SUBMITTER: Hikaka J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450015 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature