Assessing Methotrexate Adherence in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Using Electronic Health Record–Linked Pharmacy Dispensing Data
Linking dispense data to clinical EHR data offers a novel, objective method for evaluating adherence to chronic medications. We identified demographic and area-level determinants of adherence, along with small but statistically significant differences in JIA disease activity measures by adherence status. Future work is needed to evaluate adherence as a potential mediator of known outcome disparities for socially disadvantaged populations.
Authors
- Michael J. Kallan
- Sabrina Gmuca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3533-5698)
- Jon M. Burnham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-1072)
- Joyce C.H. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-4814)
- Levon Utidjian
- Dori Abel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1120-6605)
- Chén C. Kenyon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1976-0109)
- David Anderson
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthritis Care & Research
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25441
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.45
Funders
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- National Institutes of Health