Using quantile regression to investigate racial disparities in medication non-adherence
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Using quantile regression to investigate racial disparities in medication non-adherence
BACKGROUND Many studies have investigated racial/ethnic disparities in medication non-adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes using common measures such as medication possession ratio (MPR) or gaps between refills. All these measures including MPR are quasi-continuous and bounded and their distribution is usually skewed. Analysis of such measures using traditional regression methods that mod...
متن کاملUsing quantile regression to assess disparities in medication adherence.
OBJECTIVE To examine racial/ethnic disparities in medication adherence between Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and Whites. METHODS This retrospective data analysis included diabetes patients enrolled in a health plan in Hawaii (N = 43,445). For anti-diabetic, lipid-lowering, and anti-hypertensive medications, quantile regression was estimated at 25(th), 50(th), and 75(th) quantiles to ex...
متن کاملFitness adjusted racial disparities in central adiposity among women in the USA using quantile regression
OBJECTIVE This study comprehensively explores racial/ethnic disparities in waist circumference (WC) after adjusting for cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), among both adult and adolescent women, across WC percentiles. METHODS Analysis was conducted using data from the 1999 to 2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Female participants (n = 3,977) aged 12-49 years with complete dat...
متن کاملMedication Adherence using Non-intrusive Wearable Sensors
Activity recognition approaches have been applied in home ambient systems to monitor the status and wellbeing of occupant especially for home care systems. With the advancement of embedded wireless sensing devices, various applications have been proposed to monitor userâĂŹs activities and maintain a healthy lifestyle. In this paper, we propose and evaluate a Smart Medication Alert and Treatment...
متن کاملRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Prescription Coverage and Medication Use
This study compared drug coverage and prescription drug use by race and Hispanic ethnicity for Medicare beneficiaries with three chronic conditions: diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease. We found that among beneficiaries without any drug coverage black persons and Hispanics used 10 to 40 percent fewer medications, on average, than white persons with the same illness, and spent up to 60 perc...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Research Methodology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2288
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-88