Are prescription copayments compromising patient care?

The affordability of prescription medicines in Australia: are copayments and safety net thresholds too high?

OBJECTIVE To create and report survey-based indicators of the affordability of prescription medicines for patients in Australia. METHOD A cross-sectional study of 1502 randomly selected participants in the Hunter Region of NSW, were interviewed by telephone. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The self-reported financial burden of obtaining prescription medicines. RESULTS Data collection was completed w...

Lower extremity burns and Unna paste: can we decrease health care costs without compromising patient care?

OBJECTIVE To compare an alternative treatment for lower extremity burns with the standard in-hospital treatment, in an attempt to shorten hospital stay. DESIGN A case-control series. SETTING A university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS All patients with a burn isolated to a lower extremity were treated over an 8-month period with split-thickness skin grafting (STSG), Unna paste dressing, im...

[Prescription and patient-care indicators in healthcare services].

OBJECTIVE To describe the therapeutic practice of allopathic physicians and to evaluate the outpatient care provided to patients in healthcare facilities. METHODS The study was conducted in Ribeirão Preto, southeastern Brazil. World Health Organization drug use indicators were used as a methodological basis. Our sample comprised 10 healthcare facilities, with 6,692 prescriptions written by cl...

Home care in Ontario: the case for copayments.

having completed a degree in law at the Un ivers ity of Toronto on a leave of ab sence. T he author would like to than k Professor C olleen F lood at th e Faculty of Law Un ivers ity of Toronto , for her comments on an earlier draft of this paper. All remaining errors and omissions are the author’s alone. S.C. 19 84, c.6 [he reinafter CHA]. Federal-Provincial-Territorial Advisory Comm ittee on ...

Effect of Prescription Copayments on Medication Compliance and Hospitalizations in Commercially Insured Patients with Heart Failure