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تعداد نتایج: 109026  

Journal: :Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2012
Nicole C Wright Kenneth G Saag Jeffrey R Curtis Wilson K Smith Meredith L Kilgore Michael A Morrisey Huifeng Yun Jie Zhang Elizabeth S Delzell

Hip fracture incidence has declined among whites in the United States since 1995, but data on recent trends in racial and ethnic minorities are limited. The goal of this analysis was to investigate hip fracture incidence trends in racial/ethnic subgroups of older Medicare beneficiaries. We conducted a cohort study to determine annual hip fracture incidence rates from 2000 through 2009 using the...

Journal: :Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP 2009
Donald C Balfour Steven Evans Jeff Januska Helen Y Lee Sonya J Lewis Steve R Nolan Mark Noga Charles Stemple Kishan Thapar

BACKGROUND The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, signed into law in 2003, provided access to prescription drugs for elderly Americans. The Part D benefit continues to evolve. Changes in plan designs, the impact of the doughnut hole on beneficiaries, and increased cost shifting have the potential to hamper the future of the Part D benefit. OBJECTIVE To discuss fac...

Journal: :Hypertension 2016
Gabriel S Tajeu Shia T Kent Ian M Kronish Lei Huang Marie Krousel-Wood Adam P Bress Daichi Shimbo Paul Muntner

Low antihypertensive medication adherence is common. During recent years, the impact of low medication adherence on increased morbidity and healthcare costs has become more recognized, leading to interventions aimed at improving adherence. We analyzed a 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries initiating antihypertensive medication between 2007 and 2012 to assess whether reductions occurred in disco...

2012
Robert Lee Page Vahram Ghushchyan Richard R Allen Lisa Roper Don Beck Bamrom H Jonathan Feride Frech-Tamas Wing Chan R Brett McQueen Kavita V Nair

BACKGROUND Current guidelines for acute coronary syndrome recommend clopidogrel for an optimal period of 12 months in order to reduce the risk of reinfarction and mortality. Premature clopidogrel discontinuation has been associated with higher rates of rehospitalization, coronary stent thrombosis, and mortality. No data exist regarding the effect of the Medicare Part D coverage gap on medical c...

2007
Jalpa A. Doshi Daniel Polsky Virginia W. Chang

Given Medicare’s recent national coverage decision on bariatric surgery, as well as potential coverage expansions for other obesity-related treatments, data on obesity in the Medicare population have great relevance. Using nationally representative data, we estimate that between 1997 and 2002, the prevalence of obesity in the Medicare population increased by 5.6 percentage points, or about 2.7 ...

Journal: :Issue brief 2006
Brian Biles Lauren Hersch Nicholas Stuart Guterman Stuart

The creators of the Medicare Advantage (MA) program envisioned that seniors would opt out of fee-for-service Medicare to take advantage of the lower premiums, lower cost-sharing, and additional benefits available in private plans. Earlier research, however, indicates that out-of-pocket costs for MA enrollees vary widely by health status and plan benefit package. This issue brief examines out-of...

2008
Bruce Stuart Linda Simoni-Wastila Thomas Shaffer

Under the new Medicare drug benefit, beneficiaries residing in nursing homes and other long-term care (LTC) facilities have the same wide selection of Part D prescription drug plans available to community-dwelling beneficiaries. However, Part D does not alter Part A coverage for drugs during qualified skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays. This raises questions of whether drug utilization patter...

Journal: :Social security bulletin 1979
D N Price

An earlier study of Federal civil-service annuitants.’ based on a IO-percent sample. showed that more than 4 out of 10 of the nearly 1 million annuitants on the rolls in December 1975 were alsn receiving cash benefits under the old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance (OASDHI) program. Most of these “dual beneficiaries” were “primary beneficiaries”-that is. they were entitled to soc...

Journal: :Issue brief 2009
Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Medicare drug benefit (Medicare "Part D"), provides federal subsidies to pay premiums and cost sharing for low-income beneficiaries--almost 10 million in 2009. Yet there are several policy issues concerning these low-income beneficiaries under Part D. First, over 2 million individuals who may qualify for the subsidies have not enrolled. Second, in some states, low-income beneficiaries have ...

Journal: :Issue brief 2008
Laura Summer Ellen O'Brien Patricia Nemore Katharine Hsiao

Medicare Part D became available in 2006, offering millions of Americans the potential for improved access to medications. Certain aspects of the program have been problematic or confusing for vulnerable beneficiaries, but creative efforts across the country have helped individuals obtain and use the Part D benefit. Coalitions supply the information, training, and support that community partner...

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