Medicare Part D Plans' Coverage and Cost-Sharing for Acute Rescue and Preventive Inhalers for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Apr 1;177(4):585-588. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9386.

Authors

Chien-Wen Tseng¹, Jinoos Yazdany², R Adams Dudley², Colette DeJong², Dhruv S Kazi³, Randi Chen⁴, Grace A Lin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu.
² Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.
³ Center for Vulnerable Populations, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of California, San Francisco.
⁴ Pacific Health Research and Education Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / economics
Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
Adrenergic beta-Agonists / economics
Adrenergic beta-Agonists / therapeutic use*
Cost Sharing / economics*
Humans
Medicare
Medicare Part D*
Medication Adherence
Nebulizers and Vaporizers / economics*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / drug therapy*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / economics
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / prevention & control
United States

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Adrenergic beta-Agonists

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