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

Table 4 Medication adherence of older hypertensive patients taking ≥ 2 medications in Beijing, China

Group	Medications (Patients)	MPR				Adherence
Group	Medications (Patients)	Mean	SD	Median	IQR	Patient	%
Total	298,151	0.674	0.227	0.681	0.381	105,744	35.47
Sex
Male	146,772	0.681	0.226	0.691	0.384	53,974	36.77
Female	151,379	0.667	0.227	0.672	0.377	51,770	34.20
Age, years
60 ~ 74	209,059	0.674	0.226	0.681	0.380	73,952	35.37
75 ~ 89	84,753	0.675	0.228	0.683	0.382	30,280	35.73
≥ 90	4339	0.668	0.228	0.672	0.379	1512	34.85
Medical insurance
UEBMI	244,775	0.686	0.223	0.698	0.377	91,092	37.21
URRBMI	53,376	0.620	0.235	0.601	0.379	14,652	27.45

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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