Table of Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Cardiovascular diseases
1.2 Elderly population
1.3 Medicare population
1.4 Medication adherence
1.5 Primary medication non-adherence
1.6 Need for study
1.7 Significance of the study
1.8 Goal
1.9 Specific Aims
2 Literature review
2.1 Cardiovascular disease
2.2 Elderly population with cardiovascular disease
2.3 Medicare insurance
2.4 Medication Adherence
2.5 Types of non-adherence and its measures
2.6 Medication non-adherence in elderly
2.7 Primary Medication Non-adherence
2.8 Reasons for primary medication non-adherence
2.9 Factors affecting primary medication adherence
2.10 Summary
3 Methods
3.1 Study Design
3.2 Data Source
3.3 Patient selection
3.4 Exclusion criteria
3.5 Primary Medication Non-adherence
3.6 Study variables
3.7 Reasons for PMN
3.8 Health service utilization of PMN patients
3.9 Data analysis
4 Results
4.1 Patient Population for study
4.2 Characteristics of newly diagnosed Medicare beneficiaries with cardiovascular disease
4.3 Predictors of Primary Medication Non-adherence
4.4 Reasons for PMN
4.5 Health service utilization of study population
5 Discussion
5.1 Prevalence of PMN among Medicare Beneficiaries with CVD
5.2 Factors leading to Primary Medication Non-adherence
5.3 Reasons for PMN
5.4 Comparison of Utilization of Health Services between adherent and non-adherent patients
5.5 Implications of Study Findings
5.6 Study Limitations
5.7 Future Research
5.8 Conclusion
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