The association between adherence to levothyroxine and economic and clinical outcomes in patients with hypothyroidism in the US.
CONCLUSIONS: Compared to nonadherence, adherence to LT4 among patients with hypothyroidism was associated with a significant reduction in all-cause and hypothyroidism-related costs and resource utilization as well as significantly lower rates of many comorbid diagnoses.
PMID: 29865926 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - Category: Health Management Tags: J Med Econ Source Type: research
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