Not There Yet: Medicare Part D and Elimination of Cardiovascular Medication Usage Socio-Demographic Disparities after Myocardial Infarction Running title: Albert; Medicare D and Medication Adherence
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Not there yet: Medicare Part D and elimination of cardiovascular medication usage sociodemographic disparities after myocardial infarction.
1 examine the effect of Medicare Part D implementation on statin, β-blocker, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibi-tor (ACEI)/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) medication usage based on race/ethnicity and sex in the United States. The authors used Medicare service claims in 85 017 post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients aged ≥65 years. Their primary findings are that black women are 30% ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2013