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Medication days' supply, adherence, wastage, and cost among chronic patients in Medicaid

Medication days' supply, adherence, wastage, and cost among chronic patients in Medicaid

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4006393

Medication days' supply, adherence, wastage, and cost among chronic patients in Medicaid

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Full title

Medication days' supply, adherence, wastage, and cost among chronic patients in Medicaid

Publisher

United States: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Journal title

Medicare & medicaid research review, 2012, Vol.2 (3)

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

United States: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Scope and Contents

Contents

In an attempt to contain Medicaid pharmacy costs, nearly all states impose dispensing limits on medication days' supply. Although longer days' supply appears to increase the potential for medication wastage, previous studies suggest that it may also decrease pharmacy expenditures by reducing dispensing fees and drug ingredient costs. This study was...

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Full title

Medication days' supply, adherence, wastage, and cost among chronic patients in Medicaid

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4006393

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4006393

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ISSN

2159-0354

E-ISSN

2159-0354

DOI

10.5600/mmrr.002.03.a04

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