Medication Cost-Sharing: Helping Chronically Ill Patients Cope

The impact of medical cost-sharing on patients' adherence is an area of health services research in which the standards for what breaks new ground are particularly high. Piette discusses how clinicians and health systems can help patient in coping with the medication costs they inevitably will...

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Published in:Medical care 2005-10, Vol.43 (10), p.947-950
Main Author: Piette, John D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Chronic Disease - drug therapy
Chronic Disease - economics
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Copayments
Cost Sharing
Diabetes
Drug Prescriptions - economics
Economic costs
Editorial
Financing, Personal
Health care costs
Health care expenditures
Humans
Hypoglycemic agents
Medicare
Medications
Out of pocket expenses
Prescription drugs
Prescription Fees
United States
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Summary:The impact of medical cost-sharing on patients' adherence is an area of health services research in which the standards for what breaks new ground are particularly high. Piette discusses how clinicians and health systems can help patient in coping with the medication costs they inevitably will incur.
ISSN:0025-7079
1537-1948
DOI:10.1097/01.mlr.0000179726.75480.52