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Adherence, Race, and Gender

Adherence, Race, and Gender Black White Hispanic Asian Other A study led by researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy examined the prescription records for 85,017 Medica re beneficiaries who were hospitalized for a heart attack in 2008 and survived at least thirty days after discharge. The results showed that while patients of different race and gender groups had similar likelihood of starting preventive medications after discharge, their odds of staying on the regimens a year later varied significantly. Here is a look at how likely patients from each race and gender group are to fill their prescriptions for three medications commonly NOTE: The odds for white men are expressed as 1.0 in all instances below because they were used as the baseline for comparison for the other groups. prescribed to reduce the risk of future heart attacks. ACEIS/ARBS Beta Blockers Statins Odds of filling prescription 12 months after Odds of filling escription 12 months after discharge as prescribed Odds of filling Odds of filling prescription within 30 days of discharge Odds of filling prescription within 30 days of discharge Odds of filling prescription within 30 days of discharge 12 months after discharge as prescribed discharge as prescribed 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 Graphic by John Zhu LI UNC ESHELMAN To learn about the implications of these findings, SCHOOL OF PHARMACY v isit pharmacy.unc.edu/AdherenceRaceGender.

Adherence, Race, and Gender

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A study led by researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy examined the prescription records for 85,017 Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalized for a heart attack in 2008 and survived at l...

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