Erratum: Vol. 65, No. 36
Weekly / November 24, 2017 / 66(46);1281
In the report “Vital Signs: Disparities in Antihypertensive Medication Nonadherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries — United States, 2014,” on page 973, in Table 3, the data for states beginning with “N” should have read as follows:
Table 3. Antihypertensive medication nonadherence among Medicare Part D beneficiaries aged ≥65 years, by state and territory, United States, 2014
| State/Territory | No. beneficiaries | AHM fills | Annual AHM spending | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (millions) | Mean maximum treatment intensity* | Percent fixed-dose combinations | Mean days’ supply per fill | Total spending per beneficiary ($) | Out-of-pocket spending per beneficiary ($) | Percent of out-of-pocket spending attributed to AHM | Percent nonadherent† | ||
| Nebraska | 108,367 | 1.49 | 2.20 | 8.7 | 46.4 | 302 | 111 | 17.9 | 22.6 |
| Nevada | 135,396 | 1.38 | 2.15 | 8.6 | 59.1 | 250 | 73 | 15.6 | 28.2 |
| New Hampshire | 66,971 | 0.71 | 2.10 | 5.2 | 60.4 | 285 | 99 | 18.6 | 20.5 |
| New Jersey | 532,767 | 5.49 | 2.22 | 11.2 | 60.5 | 472 | 117 | 21.5 | 25.3 |
| New Mexico | 103,182 | 1.06 | 2.08 | 7.0 | 56.9 | 261 | 77 | 17.9 | 29.8 |
| New York | 1,243,971 | 15.11 | 2.23 | 9.6 | 52.3 | 404 | 83 | 20.2 | 25.3 |
| North Carolina | 615,702 | 8.05 | 2.24 | 10.4 | 47.4 | 307 | 93 | 17.4 | 28.1 |
| North Dakota | 42,929 | 0.54 | 2.24 | 7.3 | 53.5 | 272 | 109 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
Abbreviation: AHM = antihypertensive medication.
* Mean of the maximum number of AHM classes on hand at any one time per beneficiary; proxy for blood pressure treatment intensity.
† Nonadherence is defined as patients not following their health care professional’s instructions concerning taking their prescribed medication. Using the proportion of days covered methodology, beneficiaries were considered nonadherent if they had access to AHM for <80% of the days from the date of their first AHM fill through the end of 2014 or their death in 2014.
Suggested citation for this article: Erratum: Vol. 65, No. 36. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:1281. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6646a5external icon.
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