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Title: Recent trends in cost-related medication nonadherence among stroke survivors in the United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: Recent economic and health policy changes may have affected the ability of chronically ill patients to afford their medications. We assessed changes in cost-related nonadherence to medication (CRN) before and after the implementation of Medicare Part D in 2006.We used data from the National Health Interview Survey, an annual, population-based survey of community-dwelling, noninstitutionalized US adults, to estimate CRN in 8,673 stroke survivors aged 45 years or older, representing 4.8 million survivors, for the years 1999 to 2010. The main outcome measure was CRN, defined as self-reported inability to afford prescribed medication within the past 12 months....

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Authors: Karve, Sudeep J.; Rogers, Mary A.M.; Langa, Kenneth M.; Piette, John D.; Morgenstern, Lewis B.; Levine, Deborah A.

Periodical (Full): Annals of Neurology

Issue: 2

Volume: 73

Pages: 180 -188

Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

Topics: Health, Poverty and Welfare

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