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New Publication Shows Pharmacy-based Medication Adherence Interventions Cost-effective for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

 

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds tailored pharmacy-based interventions to increase medication adherence are cost-effective for cardiovascular disease prevention. When used for cardiovascular disease management, these interventions can lead to a favorable return on investment. The systematic review of economic evidence included 38 studies published through May 2019.   The complete findings from the economic review have been published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and are available on The Community Guide website.
Jacob V, Reynolds JA, Chattopadhyay SK, Hopkins DP, Therrien NL, et al. Pharmacist interventions for medication adherence: Community Guide economic reviews for cardiovascular disease. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;62(3):e202−22.

 

Why is this important? Patients taking their blood pressure medication as prescribed is associated with 45% greater odds of controlling their blood pressure compared with not taking the medications properly. Improvements in blood pressure control may decrease the burden of heart disease and stroke.1 Patients with high cholesterol who do not adhere to their medications have a 26% greater likelihood of a cardiovascular-related hospitalization compared to patients who adhere to their prescriptions.2

 

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One Pager: Pharmacy-based Medication Adherence Interventions—use this one-pager as a quick reference.
Implementation Resource for Tailored Pharmacy-based Interventions—check out this CDC resource to help implement tailored pharmacy-based interventions to improve medication adherence for cardiovascular disease prevention

 

Twitter®—retweet @CPSTF messages about the new recommendation or tweet one of the following examples: New publication in @AmJPrevMed features systematic review evidence showing tailored pharmacy-based medication adherence interventions are cost-effective for #HeartDisease. #TheCommunityGuide https://www.thecommunityguide.org/sites/default/files/publications/hdsp-ajpm-ecrev-medication-adherence.pdf Taking medications as directed is important for preventing cardiovascular disease. @CPSTF recommends cost-effective, tailored pharmacy-based interventions to increase patients’ adherence. New publication in @AmJPrevMed features economic evidence. https://www.thecommunityguide.org/sites/default/files/publications/hdsp-ajpm-ecrev-medication-adherence.pdf CPSTF recommends tailored pharmacy-based medication adherence interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention. New publication in @AmJPrevMed features systematic review evidence showing they are cost-effective. #HeartHealth https://www.thecommunityguide.org/sites/default/files/publications/hdsp-ajpm-ecrev-medication-adherence.pdf

 

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The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) is a website that is a collection of all the evidence-based findings and recommendations of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.
References 1Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, et al. Effect of medication nonadherence on hospitalization and mortality among patients with diabetes mellitus. Arch Intern Med 2006;166(17):1836–41.   2Pittman, DG, Chen, W, Bowlin, SJ, et al. Adherence to statins, subsequent healthcare costs, and cardiovascular hospitalizations. Am J of Card 107 (2011): 1662-6.

 

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