Link → Lower Copay and Oral Administration: Predictors of First-Fill Adherence to New Asthma Prescriptions (PDF)
Excerpt:
Key Points
- Little is known about first-fill adherence patterns of patients receiving first prescription for asthma medications; adherence is necessary to improveoutcomes in this patient population.
- This is the largest study of its kind to analyze characteristics of first-fill or no-fill for asthmamedications. Of the 2023 patients with asthma in this study, 78% filled their first-time prescriptions ithin 30 days, and 22% did not.
- Patient copay of <$12 (the mean) resulted in a higher first-fill adherence rate than a copay of >$12.
- Other variables affecting first-fill medication adherence rates included therapeutic class and route of administration, as well as controller and reliever type of medications.
