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Prevalence of daily medication adherence among children with sickle cell disease: A 1‐year retrospective cohort analysis
Author(s) -
Patel Niti G.,
Lindsey Terianne,
Strunk Robert C.,
DeBaun Michael R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.22605
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , medicaid , retrospective cohort study , cohort , disease , pediatrics , medication adherence , cohort study , emergency medicine , health care , pharmacology , economics , economic growth
Abstract The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of adherence to daily medications among children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Prescription records for 12 months were obtained from participants who had insurance in a Medicaid‐based single health maintenance organization. Adherence was measured as a ratio between the number of expected days and the observed days between two refill periods for daily medications. A total of 93 children were studied. The average refill prescription rate was 58.4%. More formal strategies are required to identify barriers to prescription refills among children with SCD. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010;55:554–556. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.