| Title | Medication costs, adherence, and health outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Mojtabai, R, Olfson, M |
| Journal | Health Aff (Millwood) |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 220-9 |
| Date Published | 2003 Jul-Aug |
| ISSN Number | 0278-2715 |
| Call Number | pubs_2003_Mojtabai_HA.pdf |
| Keywords | Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Chronic disease, Continuity of Patient Care, Family Characteristics, Female, Financing, Personal, Health Services Research, Humans, Income, Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Medicare, Patient Compliance, Prevalence, Probability, Self Administration, Treatment Outcome, United States |
| Abstract | In a two-year period more than two million elderly Medicare beneficiaries did not adhere to drug treatment regimens because of cost. This poor adherence tended to be more common among beneficiaries with no or partial medication coverage and was associated with poorer health and higher rates of hospitalization. The risk for cost-related poor adherence was especially pronounced among lower-income beneficiaries with high out-of-pocket drug spending. We argue that this pattern of cost-related poor medication adherence should inform the design of Medicare prescription drug benefit legislation. |
| DOI | 10.1377/hlthaff.22.4.220 |
| User Guide Notes | |
| Endnote Keywords | Medicare |
| Endnote ID | 12582 |
| Alternate Journal | Health Aff (Millwood) |
| Citation Key | 6883 |
| PubMed ID | 12889771 |
| Grant List | MH01754 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States MH56490 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States |
