Disparities in the appropriateness of medication use: Analysis of the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior work has identified disparities in the quality and outcomes of healthcare across socioeconomic subgroups. Medication use may be subject to similar disparities.

Objective

To assess the association between demographic and socioeconomic factors (gender, age, race, income, education, and rural or urban residence) and appropriateness of medication use.

Methods

US adults aged ≥45 years (n = 26,798) from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study were included in the analyses, of which 13,623 participants aged ≥65 years (recruited 2003-2007). Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in older adults and drug-drug interactions (DDIs) were identified through 2015 Beers Criteria and clinically significant drug interactions

SUBMITTER: Rahman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7438264 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature