Use of Pharmacy Sales Data to Assess Changes in Prescription- and Payment-Related Factors that Promote Adherence to Medications Commonly Used to Treat Hypertension, 2009 and 2014

• Matthew Ritchey ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew Ritchey, Stavros Tsipas

  * E-mail: hha7@cdc.gov

  Affiliation Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Stavros Tsipas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew Ritchey, Stavros Tsipas

  Affiliation Health Outcomes Group, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Fleetwood Loustalot ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Gregory Wozniak

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Health Outcomes Group, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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