Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health and Antihypertensive Medication Adherence in a Medicaid Cohort.
Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health and Antihypertensive Medication Adherence in a Medicaid Cohort.
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10.1161/circoutcomes.121.008150
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2022-03
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Mccarthy ML
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Wilder ME;Zheng Z;Zeger SL;Elmi A;Katz RJ;Li Y;Mccarthy ML
Little is known about the relationship between social determinants of health (SDH) and medication adherence among Medicaid beneficiaries with hypertension (HTN). We conducted a posthoc subgroup analysis of 3,044 adult Medicaid beneficiaries who enrolled in a parent prospective cohort study and had a diagnosis of HTN based on their Medicaid claims during a 24-month period prior to study enrollment. We calculated the Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) by at least one antihypertensive medication during the first 12 months after study enrollment using the prescription claims data. We measured numerous SDH at the time of study enrollment and we categorized our HTN cohort into four social risk groups based on their response profiles to the SDH variables. We compared the mean PDC by the different levels of the SDH factors. We modeled the odds of being covered by an antihypertensive medication daily throughout the follow-up period by social risk group, adjusted for age, sex, and disease severity using a generalized linear model. The non-random sample was predominately black (93%), female (62%) and had completed high school (77%). The mean PDC varied significantly by different SDH such as food insecurity (49% - 56%), length of time living at present place (47% - 57%), smoking status (50% - 56%), etc. Social risk group was a significant predictor of medication adherence. Participants in the two groups with the most social risks were 36% (aOR=0.64; 95% CI 0.53, 0.78) and 20% (aOR=0.80; 95% CI 0.70, 0.93) less adherent to their hypertension therapy compared to participants in the group with the fewest social risks. Social risks are associated with lower antihypertensive medication adherence in the Medicaid population.