The Impact of Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Drug Therapy.

ABSTRACT: Medication non-adherence is a major healthcare barrier, especially among diseases that are largely asymptomatic, such as hypertension. The impact of poor medication adherence ranges from patient-specific adverse health outcomes to broader strains on health care system resources. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) database was used to retrieve Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' data pertaining to blood pressure (BP) medication adherence, socio-economic variables, and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes across the United States. Multivariable linear regression models were used to estimate the change in total CV deaths as a function of non-adherence to BP medications. For every percent increase in the non-adherence rate, the to

SUBMITTER: Gardezi SKM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10671374 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature