Trajectories of Diabetes Medication Adherence and Hospitalization Risk: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Large State Medicaid Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous interventions are available to boost medication adherence, but the targeting of these interventions often relies on crude measures of poor adherence. Group-based trajectory models identify individuals with similar longitudinal prescription filling patterns. Identifying distinct adherence trajectories may be more useful for targeting interventions, although the association between adherence trajectories and clinical outcomes is unknown.

Objective

To examine the association between adherence trajectories for oral hypoglycemics and subsequent hospitalizations among diabetes patients.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Patients

A total of 16,256 Pennsylvania Medicaid enrollees, non-dually eligible for Medicare, initiating oral hypoglycemics betw

SUBMITTER: Lo-Ciganic WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4978686 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature