Where Patients Live Impacts Whether They Pick Up Their Heart-Failure Medications
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Thursday, December 14, 2023
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By contrast, fewer patients living in areas in the highest quarter (40%) did not do so.
Key Points:
- By contrast, fewer patients living in areas in the highest quarter (40%) did not do so.
- Along these lines, the risk of not picking up these lifesaving medications was 11% higher for patients in neighborhoods with the lowest socioeconomic status than for those in areas of higher status.
- This amount of disparity is important because even differences in medication adherence of 5% to 10% can result in increased risk of death.
- She adds that the researchers intend to investigate ways to identify individual patients at highest risk for not taking their medications.