NDLI: Medical behaviours and medication adherence of older hypertensive patients in different medical insurance programs in Beijing, China: a cross-sectional study

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Author	Lan, Lan Hai, Pengcheng Luo, Jiawei Li, Rui Wang, Yilong
Abstract	Background Grassroots medical institutions are the primary “battlefield” of hypertension management based on hierarchical diagnosis and treatment policies in China. There is a considerable difference in the insured population and reimbursement ratio between different medical insurance programs. The management of hypertension directly affects the development trend of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Methods To understand the difference between different medical insurance programs regarding the management of older hypertensive patients, all outpatients aged 60 and above with hypertension in the basic medical insurance database of Beijing, China, from April 1, 2019, to January 31, 2020, were included. Medical behaviours included patients’ choice of hospital level, type of hospital, number of hospitals visited, grassroots medical institutions and cross-district visits. Medication adherence was evaluated by calculating the medication possession ratio of antihypertensive medications. First, we adopted a statistical description for medical behaviours and medication adherence. Then, multivariate logistic regression was used to analyse the influencing factors of medication adherence. Results This study included 1.29 million patients with Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI) and 0.31 million patients with Urban‒Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URRBMI). The proportions of patients with UEBMI who chose tertiary hospitals, comprehensive hospitals, grassroots medical institutions and cross-district visits were 25.84%, 56.09%, 57.34% and 39.32%, respectively, while those of patients with URRBMI were 11.14%, 60.59%, 81.28% and 6.07%, respectively. The medication adherence rates of men and women taking one medication were 61.04% and 55.86%, respectively. UEBMI patients who took their medication accounted for 62.36%, while only 40.27% of URRBMI patients adhered to their medication. The percentages of young-old, old-old and oldest-old patients who took their antihypertensive medications were 58.05%, 59.09% and 56.78%, respectively. The adherence to taking ≥ 2 medications (35.47%) was lower than that to taking one medication (58.33%). The medication adherence rates of patients with UEBMI and URRBMI for taking ≥ 2 medications were 37.21% and 27.45%, respectively. Conclusions Patients with UEBMI were more inclined to choose tertiary hospitals and cross-district visits than patients with URRBMI. The adherence of patients with UEBMI was better than that of patients with URRBMI in China.
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ISSN	14712318
DOI	10.1186/s12877-023-04476-y
Journal	BMC Geriatrics
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Volume Number	23
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-12-20
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Subject Keyword	Geriatrics Gerontology Aging Rehabilitation Older Medical behaviour Medication adherence Hypertension Chinese insurance Geriatrics/Gerontology
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Subject	Geriatrics and Gerontology
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