Medical behaviours and medication adherence of older hypertensive patients in different medical insurance programs in Beijing, China: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Medication adherence of older hypertensive patients taking one medication in Beijing, China

Group	Medications (Patients)	MPR				Adherence
Group	Medications (Patients)	Mean	SD	Median	IQR	Patient	%
Total	1,314,874	0.788	0.243	0.895	0.403	767,015	58.33
Sex
Male	627,728	0.802	0.238	0.922	0.378	383,191	61.04
Female	687,146	0.775	0.247	0.866	0.424	383,824	55.86
Age, years
60 ~ 74	903,387	0.787	0.243	0.890	0.405	524,442	58.05
75 ~ 89	386,739	0.792	0.243	0.905	0.397	228,522	59.09
≥ 90	24,748	0.781	0.244	0.875	0.409	14,051	56.78
Medical insurance
UEBMI	1,075,493	0.811	0.263	0.688	0.513	670,624	62.36
URRBMI	239,381	0.684	0.232	0.931	0.358	96,391	40.27

MPR, medication possession ratio; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; UEBMI, Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; URRBMI, Urban‒Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance

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