Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Medical Costs, Health Care Use, and Labor Productivity Among People With Hypertension
Jun Soo Lee, Raul Segura Escano, Nicole L. Therrien, Ashutosh Kumar, Ami Bhatt, Lisa M. Pollack, Sandra L. Jackson, Feijun Luo · 2024
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Jun Soo Lee and co-authors measure what happens when people with high blood pressure actually take their medicine, in a 2024 study. Nearly half of US adults have hypertension, and over three-quarters fail to control it. Pills work only when taken steadily, yet the payoff of steady use in dollars and health is rarely tallied in one study.
Using a large insurance database for 2019, the team compared adults who filled at least eighty percent of their doses with those who filled less. Models estimated total medical costs, emergency visits, hospital stays, and lost work output for each group. Linking adherence to costs and productivity gives employers and insurers a business case for supporting patients' routines.
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| CREATOR | Jun Soo Lee, Raul Segura Escano, Nicole L. Therrien, Ashutosh Kumar, Ami Bhatt, Lisa M. Pollack, Sandra L. Jackson, Feijun Luo |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |