Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Medical Costs, Health Care Use, and Labor Productivity Among People With Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension affects nearly half of US adults yet remains inadequately controlled in over three-quarters of these cases. This study aimed to assess the association between adherence to antihypertensive medications and total medical costs, health care use, and productivity-related outcomes.

Methods and results

We conducted cross-sectional analyses using MarketScan databases, which included individuals aged 18 to 64 years with noncapitated health insurance plans in 2019. Adherence was defined as ≥80% medication possession ratio for prescribed antihypertensive medications. We used a generalized linear model to estimate total medical costs, a negative binomial model to estimate health care use (emergency department visits and inpatient admissions), an exponential hurd

SUBMITTER: Lee JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11935718 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature