Medication Adherence Does Not Explain Black-White Differences in Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Control among Insured Patients with Diabetes

• Published in: Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 188 - 195
• Main Authors: Lafata, Jennifer Elston, Karter, Andrew J., O’Connor, Patrick J., Morris, Heather, Schmittdiel, Julie A., Ratliff, Scott, Newton, Katherine M., Raebel, Marsha A., Pathak, Ram D., Thomas, Abraham, Butler, Melissa G., Reynolds, Kristi, Waitzfelder, Beth, Steiner, John F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adhesion; Adolescent; Adult; Adults; African Americans - psychology; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Aged; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Cholesterol; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; Consortia; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus - ethnology; Diabetes Mellitus - psychology; Dispensing; Drugs; Electronic health records; Electronic medical records; European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Glycated Hemoglobin A - metabolism; Health risks; Hemoglobin; Humans; Internal Medicine; Low density lipoprotein; Male; Medication adherence; Medication Adherence - ethnology; Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Research; Patient compliance; Patients; Racial differences; Regression analysis; Regression models; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Risk management; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; Young Adult; racial disparities; cardiometabolic risk factors; diabetes care; medication adherence

Background Among patients with diabetes, racial differences in cardiometabolic risk factor control are common. The extent to which differences in medication adherence contribute to such disparities is not known. We examined whether medication adherence, controlling for treatment intensification, cou...