Impact of decreasing copayments on medication adherence within a disease management environment

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作者
Chernew, Michael E. [1 ]
Shah, Mayur R. [2 ]
Wegh, Arnold [3 ]
Rosenberg, Stephen N.
Juster, Iver A.
Rosen, Allison B. [4 ,5 ]
Sokol, Michael C. [6 ]
Yu-Isenberg, Kristina [7 ]
Fendrick, A. Mark [8 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] ActiveHlth Management, New York, NY USA
[3] SAS Programmer Informat, Atlanta, GA USA
[4] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[5] Ann Arbor Vet Affairs Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
[6] GlaxoSmithKline Inc, HMI, Montvale, NJ USA
[7] GlaxoSmithKline Inc, HMi, Res Triangle Pk, NC USA
[8] Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Management & Policy, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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10.1377/hlthaff.27.1.103
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
This paper estimates the effects of a large employer's value-based insurance initiative designed to improve adherence to recommended treatment regimens. The intervention reduced copayments for five chronic medication classes in the context of a disease management (DM) program. Compared to a control employer that used the same DM program, adherence to medications in the value-based intervention increased for four of five medication classes, reducing nonadherence by 7-14 percent. The results demonstrate the potential for copayment reductions for highly valued services to increase medication adherence above the effects of existing DM programs.
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页码:103 / 112
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