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Frequent general practitioner visits are protective against statin discontinuation after a Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme copayment increase.
ConclusionsPatients who visited their GP at least three times per year had a lower risk of ceasing their statins in the year following the copayment increase. GPs can help patients maintain treatment following rises in medicines costs.What is known about the topic?Following the 21% increase in medication copayment in 2005, individuals discontinued or reduced their statin usage, including for tertiary prevention.What does this paper add?Patients who visited their GP at least three times per year were less likely to discontinue their statin therapy for tertiary prevention following a large copayment increase.What are the imp...
Source: Australian Health Review - May 10, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Seaman KL, Sanfilippo FM, Bulsara MK, Brett T, Kemp-Casey A, Roughead EE, Bulsara C, Preen DB Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research

Racial differences in statin adherence following hospital discharge for ischemic stroke
Conclusions: Compared with white adults, black adults were more likely to be nonadherent to statins following hospitalization for ischemic stroke.
Source: Neurology - May 8, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Albright, K. C., Zhao, H., Blackburn, J., Limdi, N. A., Beasley, T. M., Howard, G., Bittner, V., Howard, V. J., Muntner, P. Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke ARTICLE Source Type: research

Depression in the Elderly: A Common Condition That's Often Overlooked
When Suzette Santos, RN, a behavioral health nurse with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), was assigned to the case of Grace*, an 89-year-old resident of Nassau County on Long Island, she had some idea what to expect. Suzette had cared for Grace a year earlier, as the elderly woman struggled to cope with depression brought on by the recent loss of her husband and lifelong partner. When Suzette reconnected with her patient this time, she could immediately see that Grace's depression had gotten worse. "She had lost a lot of weight -- about 20 pounds," Suzette recalls. "She had no interest in cooking or eating, ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Claims-based algorithms for identifying Medicare beneficiaries at high estimated risk for coronary heart disease events: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions: Although the sensitivity was low, the high positive predictive value of our algorithm for high risk for CHD events supports the use of claims to identify Medicare beneficiaries at high risk for CHD events.
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 29, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Evan ThackerPaul MuntnerHong ZhaoMonika SaffordJeffrey CurtisElizabeth DelzellVera BittnerTodd BrownEmily Levitan Source Type: research