Jun Soo Lee, Raul Segura Escano, Nicole L. Therrien, Ashutosh Kumar, Ami Bhatt, Lisa M. Pollack, Sandra L. Jackson, Feijun Luo
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Background Hypertension affects nearly half of U.S. adults, yet remains inadequately controlled in over three-quarters of these cases. This study aims to assess the association between adherence to antihypertensive medications and total medical costs, health care utilization, and productivity-related outcomes.