Adherence to antiepileptic drugs among diverse older Americans on Part D Medicare

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• 作者：Kendra Piper^a ; ^{kendra.piper@emory.edu} ; Joshua Richman^b ; ^{jrichman@uabmc.edu} ; Edward Faught^c ; ^{rfaught@emory.edu} ; Roy Martin^d ; ^{rmartin@uabmc.edu} ; Ellen Funkhouser^e ; ^{efunkhouser@uabmc.edu} ; Jerzy P. Szaflarski^d ; ^{jszaflarski@uab.edu} ; Chen Dai^e ; ^{chendai@uabmc.edu} ; Lucia Juarez^e ; ^{ljuarez@uabmc.edu} ; Maria Pisu^e ; ^{mpisu@uab.edu}
• 关键词：Epilepsy ; Adherence ; Medicare ; Older adults ; Part D coverage
• 刊名：Epilepsy & Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：66
• 期：Complete
• 页码：68-73
• 全文大小：314 K
• 卷排序：66

文摘

About a third of diverse older adults with epilepsy had poor adherence to antiepileptic drugs. Minority groups were more likely to have poor adherence. Poor adherence was also associated with drug cost sharing and poverty.