,,Cutting Drug Co-Payments for Sicker Patients on Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Save a Billion Dollars Every Year

Cutting Drug Co-Payments for Sicker Patients on Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Save a Billion Dollars Every Year


 

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Author(s): Pinar Karaca-Mandic; Geoffrey F. Joyce; Dana P. Goldman

Research Area: Health

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Abstract:

This Research Brief summarizes the relationship between (1) co-payments and compliance for patients whose doctors prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, and (2) compliance and subsequent use of expensive health care services.