Does medication adherence following a copayment increase differ by disease burden?

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1963-1985

  Wang, Virginia ^a,b   Liu, Chuan Fen ^c   Bryson, Christopher L ^c   Sharp, Nancy D ^c   MacIejewski, Matthew L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost sharing; diabetes; hypertension; medication adherence; veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 81755184346     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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