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

• Published in: Medical care Vol. 59; no. 1; p. 13
• Main Authors: Nekui, Farrah, Galbraith, Alison A, Briesacher, Becky A, Zhang, Fang, Soumerai, Stephen B, Ross-Degnan, Dennis, Gurwitz, Jerry H, Madden, Jeanne M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; Drug Costs - statistics & numerical data; Female; Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Medicare Part D - statistics & numerical data; Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Risk Factors; United States; United States

Unaffordability of medications is a barrier to effective treatment. Cost-related nonadherence (CRN) is a crucial, widely used measure of medications access. Our study examines the current national prevalence of and risk factors for CRN (eg, not filling, skipping or reducing doses) and companion meas...