Chronic Medication Nonadherence and Potentially Preventable Healthcare Utilization and Spending Among Medicare Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between nonadherence to chronic medications and potentially preventable healthcare utilization and spending is largely unknown.

Objectives

To examine the associations of chronic medication nonadherence with potentially preventable utilization and spending among patients who were prescribed diabetic medications, renin-angiotensin system antagonists (RASA) for hypertension, or statins for high cholesterol, and compare the associations by patient race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Design

Retrospective cohort study. Medicare fee-for-service claims data from 2013 to 2016 for 177,881 patients.

Measures

Medication nonadherence was defined as having a below 80% proportion of days covered in each 6-month interval after the index prescrip

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature