PHP43 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OUT-OF-POCKET PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS

How to reduce out-of-pocket costs for prescription medications.

The cost of prescription medicines has recently been rising faster than other healthcare costs.  This is also true for traditionally inexpensive generic medications that have long served as a fundamental healthcare safety net in the USA.  These changes increasingly present challenges for individuals to obtain common medications.  Owing to rising insurance co-pays, even patients who have prescri...

Out-of-pocket health care costs.

Six strategies to identify and assist patients burdened by out-of-pocket prescription costs.

Many patients find that their out-of-pocket costs of medications are burdensome. Physicians can help, first by remembering to ask about the problem, and then by applying simple strategies to limit the patient's costs.

DRUGS & PHARMACOLOGY Changes in Drug Use and Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated with Medicare Part D Implementation: A Systematic Review

Medicare Part D was implemented 4 years ago. Despite the fact that public-use Part D data were unavailable until late 2008, researchers have used alternate data to examine the effect of Part D on drug use and out-of-pocket costs. In a systematic review of Medline from 2006 to October 2009, the literature about drug use and costs after implementation and during the transition period and coverage...

Analysis of out-of-pocket costs associated with hospitalised injuries in Vietnam

BACKGROUND In Vietnam, over 39 000 people die and millions are hospitalised due to injuries every year. Injuries create a significant financial burden for families. In this study, we estimated out-of-pocket payment for medical care of injuries and the role of health insurance in containing such costs. METHOD A prospective cohort study of 892 hospitalised injury patients admitted to a provinci...