Hypertension Medication and Medicare Beneficiaries: Prescription Drug Coverage Satisfaction and Medication Non-Adherence among Older Adults.

Hypertension is so prevalent and requires strict adherence to medications to prevent further disease or death, but there is no study examining factors related to prescription drug non-adherence among 65 years old and older. This study aims to assess the likelihood of medication nonadherence among patients based on factors such as age, race, and socioeconomic status, with the goal of identifying strategies to enhance medication adherence and mitigate associated health risks. Using the 2020 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Public Use File to represent nationwide Medicare beneficiaries (unweighted n = 3917, weighted n = 27,134,782), medication non-adherence was related to multiple independent variables (i.