Patients less likely to take meds when co-payments increase
Case Management Weekly, May 19, 2004
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When health plans raise beneficiary co-payments for prescription medication, people are less likely to use the drugs they need. According to a study released yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, increasing co-payments resulted in decreased use of eight types of drugs, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and antihistamines.
Researchers found that patients taking antidiabetic drugs, arthritis patients taking NSAIDs and allergy patients taking antihistamines were the most likely to reduce the prescription drugs they bought if co-payments went up. "Significant increases in co-payments do raise concern about adverse health consequences because of the large price effects, especially among diabetic patients," wrote the authors.
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