Medication adherence, costs, and ER visits of nurse practitioner and primary care physician patients: Evidence from three cohorts of Medicare beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare medication adherence, cost, and utilization in Medicare beneficiaries attributed to nurse practitioners (NP) and primary care physicians (PCP).

Data

Medicare Part A, B, and D claims and beneficiary summary file data, years 2009-2013.

Study design

We used propensity score-weighted analyses combined with logistic regression and generalized estimating equations to test differences in good medication adherence (proportion of days covered (PDC >0.8); office-based and specialty care costs; and ER visits.

Data extraction

Beneficiaries with prescription claims for anti-diabetics, renin-angiotensin system antagonists (RASA), or statins.

Principal findings

There were no differences in good medication adherence (PDC >0.8) between NP and PCP att

SUBMITTER: Muench U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338303 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature