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The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap: Costs and Consequences in 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Analyzes data on Medicare Part D enrollees who reached the coverage gap and had to pay the full cost until they qualified for catastrophic coverage, who then stopped taking their medications or bought cheaper ones, and who received catastrophic ...
Elizabeth Hargrave   +3 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retiree Health Benefits After Medicare Part D: A Snapshot of Prescription Drug Coverage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Based on employer surveys, assesses how the introduction of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit affected employer-based retiree, drug, and other health ...
Heidi Whitmore   +2 more
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Cost Utility Analysis of Fluticasone Exhalation Delivery System Versus Budesonide Nasal Irrigation for Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

open access: yesInternational Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is managed after sinus surgery with topical corticosteroids. Given limited distribution of nasal steroid sprays, patients have the option of either steroid nasal irrigation (SNI) or exhalation delivery system with fluticasone (EDS‐FLU).
Daniel Xiao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicare Part D Beneficiaries’ Experiences with Making Complex Insurance Plan Choices: A Qualitative Interview Study

open access: yesMDM Policy & Practice
Background. The Medicare Part D program provides stand-alone prescription drug insurance to US residents aged ≥65 y and those with disabilities.
Wändi Bruine de Bruin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Experiences in Selecting a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan

open access: yesJournal of Patient Experience, 2018
Introduction: Medicare beneficiaries often report that the process of choosing a prescription drug plan is frustrating and confusing and many do not enroll in the plan that covers their drugs at the lowest cost.
Cheryl D Stults PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP): Available Health Insurance Options [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
FEHBP is generally available to employees, annuitants, and their dependents. Eligible individuals may elect coverage in an approved health benefits plan for either individual or family coverage.
Mach, Annie L
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Female Sports Medicine Fellowship–Trained Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons Earn Significantly Lower Salaries Than Their Male Counterparts

open access: yesArthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To identify whether there is a gender‐based disparity in salary among sports medicine fellowship–trained academic orthopaedic surgeons. Methods Deidentified faculty compensation data were obtained from the Association of American Medical Colleges, which are compiled after distributing surveys to 157 Liaison Committee on Medical Education ...
Udit Dave   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of pharmaceutical marketing on Medicare prescriptions in the District of Columbia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Gifts from pharmaceutical companies are believed to influence prescribing behavior, but few studies have addressed the association between industry gifts to physicians and drug costs, prescription volume, or preference for generic drugs.
Susan F Wood   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Late‐Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis and Air Pollution in the Multiethnic Cohort

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate the effects of ambient air pollution on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) incidence in a racially and ethnically diverse population. Methods This analysis included 42,152 California Multiethnic Cohort participants, aged ≥65 years (>70% African American and Latino adults) who were enrolled in the Fee For Service component of Medicare (2001–
Anna H. Wu   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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