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21209444

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Researchers have routinely found that improved medication adherence--getting people to take medicine prescribed for them--is associated with greatly reduced total health care use and costs. But previous studies do not provide strong evidence of a causal link. This article employs a more robust methodology to examine the relationship. Our results indicate that although improved medication adherence by people with four chronic vascular diseases increased pharmacy costs, it also produced substantial medical savings as a result of reductions in hospitalization and emergency department use. Our findings indicate that programs to improve medication adherence are worth consideration by insurers, government payers, and patients, as long as intervention costs do not exceed the estimated health care cost savings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1544-5208
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Medication adherence leads to lower health care use and costs despite increased drug spending.
pubmed:affiliation
CVS Caremark, Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA. chris.roebuck@caremark.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article