Race/Ethnicity, Disability, and Medication Adherence Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure

• Published in: Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 602 - 607
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yuting, Baik, Seo Hyon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.04.2014; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Asian - ethnology; Biological and medical sciences; Black or African American - ethnology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Compliance; Disability; Drug therapy; Ethnicity - ethnology; Female; General aspects; Heart; Heart failure; Heart Failure - drug therapy; Heart Failure - economics; Heart Failure - ethnology; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Hispanic or Latino - ethnology; Humans; Income - trends; Indians, North American - ethnology; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Medicare; Medicare Part D - economics; Medicare Part D - trends; Medication Adherence - ethnology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Minority & ethnic groups; Persons with Disabilities; Racial Groups - ethnology; United States - ethnology; White People - ethnology; United States; North America; America; heart failure; racial disparity; medication adherence; Medicare; disability; Heart failure; Health insurance; Ethnic origin; Poverty; Attitude; Cardiovascular disease; Ethnic group; Disability; Medicine; Drug compliance; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Heart disease; Race; Treatment compliance; Disparity; Social aspect

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Recent and national data on adherence to heart failure drugs are limited, particularly among the disabled and some small minority groups, such as Native Americans and Hispanics. OBJECTIVE We compare medication adherence among Medicare patients with heart failure, by disability st...