Effect of coverage gap on healthcare utilization among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: COPD patients entering the coverage gap and catastrophic coverage were associated with increased utilization of healthcare services. Entering the coverage gap was also associated with shorter time to hospitalization as compared to the no coverage gap. PMID: 29962241 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research