1. Exploring polypharmacy in elderly women after myocardial infarction.
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Moss L and Crane PB
- Subjects
- Aged, 80 and over, Cost of Illness, Cross-Sectional Studies, Drug Costs, Drug Utilization economics, Educational Status, Female, Financing, Personal economics, Health Care Surveys, Humans, Income statistics & numerical data, Medicare Part D economics, Medication Adherence, Patient Education as Topic, Regression Analysis, Southeastern United States, Statistics, Nonparametric, United States, Aged statistics & numerical data, Myocardial Infarction drug therapy, Polypharmacy, Women education
- Abstract
The aims of the study were to: (a) examine the number, absolute volume, and type of daily medications older women were taking 6 to 12 months post-myocardial infarction (MI); (b) describe the financial burden of cardiac medications; and (c) examine the relationship of age, education, and income to the number of medications. An analysis of a cross-sectional descriptive study of women >or= 65 years of age who were post-MI was used. Most (89%; N = 83) were taking at least one cardiac medication, costs per day varied ($0.13-$6.75), and total number of pills taken per day was 1 to 19. Age, education, and income did not explain the number of medications. Consideration of the financial burden of medications is important to increase compliance and foster secondary prevention in older women.
- Published
- 2010
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