Tag: Health Costs
Availability of CVD Meds Varies by Low-Cost Generic Program
Variation in coverage seen by program, drug, and cardiovascular disease condition
OOP Costs Often Exceed Discount Card Pricing for Select Generics
OOP payments exceeded Amazon and GoodRx prices for 40 and 79 percent of prescriptions assumed to be in deductible phase
Higher Administrative Payment Burden Causes Delays in Cancer Care
Younger patients, African American patients appear to have more cost-related delays/nonadherence
Rates of Tx Retention for Rifaximin Low Despite Benefits for Hepatic Encephalopathy
Lower treatment retention rates seen with 30-day, out-of-pocket costs ≥$150
Racial Disparities Seen for Cost of Unplanned Care After Breast Reconstruction
However, race is not a significant predictor of unplanned hospital visits
Nonpediatric Specialties Face Smaller Return Margins for HPV Vaccine Costs
Net returns from HPV vaccine cost reimbursements lowest for family physicians, highest for pediatricians
Private Equity Ownership Tied to Higher Costs to Patients
Furthermore, review found mixed to harmful impacts on quality of care
Home BP Monitoring Can Cut Burden of CVD, Health Care Costs
Non-Hispanic Blacks, women, and rural residents had more averted cardiovascular events and greater cost savings
Pay for Performance Programs Cut Antibiotic Rx at Safety-Net Hospitals
Five Choosing Wisely-based interventions were launched in combination and resulted in a decrease in antibiotic prescribing for ARTI
Pharmacy-Level Stewardship Can Save on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Strategies include dose rounding and vial sharing, as well as weight-based dosing
