Antihypertensive medication prescription dispensation among pregnant women in the United States: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hypertension is increasingly common in pregnancy capable individuals, yet there is limited data on antihypertensive medication dispensation in peripartum individuals.

Objective

To describe antihypertensive medication dispensation from preconception through the first year postpartum.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used the Truven Health Market Scan administrative data from 2008 to 2014 to identify women in the United States with commercial or government health insurance, aged 15-54, free from heart disease, who experienced a pregnancy and filled at least 1 prescription for an antihypertensive medication between 3 months prior to conception and 12 months after the end of the pregnancy.

Main outcomes and measures

We de

SUBMITTER: Chen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560523 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature