Background: Veterans are disproportionately impacted by weight-related morbidity: 40% of veterans are categorized as obese and an additional 38.5% are overweight. Medications are recommended as an adjunct to lifestyle and dietary changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous studies of heart failure patients demonstrated an association between cardiovascular medication adherence and hospitalizations or a composite end point of hospitalization and death. Few studies have assessed the impact of treatment adherence within large general medical populations that distinguish the health outcomes of emergency department visits, hospitalization, and death.
Objective: To determine the association of incremental cardiovascular medication adherence on emergency department visits, hospitalization, and death in adult heart failure patients in Indiana.