Erschienen in:
12.01.2017 | Editorial
Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs to Coordinate Prescription Medication Benefit Design with Chronic Disease Outreach and Clinical Care
verfasst von:
Mary Reed, DrPH
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2017
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Excerpt
Increases in patient out-of-pocket costs are a clear barrier to the use of and adherence to effective chronic condition medications, especially for high-risk patient groups.
1 , 2 It is less clear, however, whether and how well implementing programs that selectively reduce patient out-of-pocket costs for specific chronic disease medications can help engage patients, increase medication adherence, improve chronic conditions management, and reduce negative health outcomes. …