PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of patient cost-sharing on oral diabetes medication adherence and glycemic control. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. METHODOLOGY Medical and pharmacy claims from a managed care plan and electronic medical records (EMR) from a large physician organization in Oregon were used to identify a cohort with diabetes. Medication adherence and mean patient cost...

Regarding the fact that each country might be a net oil seller or net buyer, and considering its large share in the whole economy, the price of this commodity as well as its volatility could affect all economies around the world.  The impact of oil price volatility on the economy is seemed to be more dominant in Iran rather than any other developed or emerging economies, especially in recent ye...

I study the general equilibrium implications of large-scale policies to improve energy efficiency, which are being implemented around the world to mitigate climate change. Energy efficiency policies “rebound” when economic responses undercut their direct energy savings. I develop an analytic general equilibrium framework that allows improvements in energy efficiency to affect output prices and ...

In light of the increased awareness of global energy consumption, questions are being asked about the energy contribution of computing equipment. Although studies have documented the share of energy consumption by this type of equipment over the years, research has rarely characterized the increasing share contributed by the rapidly growing segment of portable computing. Portable computing is w...

abstract i n this paper we investigated total energy consumption and its individual forms (oil, natural gas, electricity, renewable energies and coal) relationship with real gross domestic product (gdp) in iran. we employed hsiao’s (1981) methodology and annual data which cover 1967-2010 for investigation. the empirical findings indicate there is bidirectional causality effect with real gdp and...

using energy as a weapon, the new russia seeks to reconstruct its empire. the russian government has declared an economic model since 2001 entitled rationalization which has been implemented by the putin's government. state ownership especially concerns the oil industry which was expanded by confiscating the yukas company's properties and gazprom's procurement of the apple oil co...