Effects of Medicare Part D coverage gap on medication adherence.
Conclusions: Medicare beneficiaries reduced medication use (mainly brand-name drugs) after entering the coverage gap. This result suggests that while beneficiaries' financial burden would continue because of the coverage gap, the gap would not result in a large reduction in medication adherence for essential drugs for diabetes and heart failure.
PMID: 23844750 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - Category: Health Management Authors: Zhang Y, Baik SH, Lave JR Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research
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