Medication Adherence and the Occurrence of Complications in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

In this retrospective cohort study, we sought to elucidate the relationship between medication adherence (MA) and the incidence of complications in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension.

Subjects and methods

Using claims data from the National Health Insurance Service, we measured health outcomes based on levels of MA, analyzed the incidence of complications in patients with a good MA, and clarified factors that may affect or predict MA.

Results

In 2008, a total of 4294773 patients were diagnosed with hypertension and were subsequently prescribed anti-hypertensive medications. In the present study, we enrolled 564782 patients who met our inclusion/exclusion criteria. The 40-59% medication possession ratio (MPR) group had a 1.36 times hig

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4891603 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature