Antihypertensive Prescribing for Uncomplicated, Incident Hypertension: Opportunities for Cost Savings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A range of first-line similarly effective medications ranging in price are recommended for treating uncomplicated hypertension. Considering drug costs alone, thiazides and thiazide-like diuretics are the most cost-efficient option. We determined incident prescribing of thiazides for newly diagnosed hypertension as first-line treatment in Alberta, factors that predicted receiving thiazides vs more costly medications, and how much could be saved if more patients were prescribed thiazides.

Methods

Using a retrospective cohort design, factors predicting receiving thiazides vs other agents were determined using mixed effects logistic regression. Cost savings were simulated by shifting patients from other antihypertensive medications to thiazides and calculating the dif

SUBMITTER: Quinn AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature