Cost-related Medication Nonadherence and Its Risk Factors Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unaffordability of medications is a barrier to effective treatment. Cost-related nonadherence (CRN) is a crucial, widely used measure of medications access.

Objectives

Our study examines the current national prevalence of and risk factors for CRN (eg, not filling, skipping or reducing doses) and companion measures in the US Medicare population.

Research design

Survey-weighted analyses included logistic regression and trends 2006-2016.

Subjects

Main analyses used the 2016 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Our study sample of 12,625 represented 56 million community-dwelling beneficiaries.

Measures

Additional outcome measures were spending less on other necessities in order to pay for medicines and use of drug cost reduction strategies such as

SUBMITTER: Nekui F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735208 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature