The American journal of managed care
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To evaluate whether increased placement of generic drugs on higher cost-sharing tiers in Medicare Part D is associated with coverage of multisource brand-name drugs, plan type, or product characteristics. ⋯ Although Part D plans have increasingly placed covered generic drugs on higher formulary tiers over time, this may be partly explained by a drug's clinical profile and availability of substitutes rather than preferred brand-name drug coverage.
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A database of information about more than 30,000 patients verified improved morbidity and mortality due to vaccines and preventive health care in prospective trials.
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Observational Study
Association of physician specialty with psoriatic arthritis treatment and costs.
To describe current psoriatic arthritis treatment and costs by provider specialty using real-world claims data. ⋯ In patients with newly diagnosed psoriatic arthritis, physician specialty was associated with different medication choices but not costs.
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To examine whether enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) and fee-for-service traditional Medicare (TM) is differential by food insecurity and then examine differences in health care utilization, financial burden, care satisfaction, and health status between food-insecure enrollees in MA and TM and between food-secure enrollees in MA and TM. ⋯ MA may deliver care more efficiently to food-insecure beneficiaries than TM, but it is not better at reducing food insecurity.