Patient risk profiles and practice variation in nonadherence to antidepressants, antihypertensives and oral hypoglycemics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients experience difficulties in following treatment recommendations. This study's objective is to identify nonadherence risk profiles regarding medication (antidepressants, antihypertensives, and oral hypoglycemics) from a combination of patients' socio-demographic characteristics, morbidity presented within general practice and medication characteristics. An additional objective is to explore differences in nonadherence among patients from different general practices.

Methods

Data were obtained by linkage of a Dutch general practice registration database to a dispensing registration database from the year 2001. Subjects included in the analyses were users of antidepressants (n = 4,877), antihypertensives (n = 14,219), or oral hypoglycemics (n = 2,428) an

SUBMITTER: van Dijk L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1855317 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature