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Medicare beneficiaries' management of capped prescription benefitsE R Cox
Express Scripts, Inc, Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043, USA
Med Care 39:296-301. 2001..This type of coverage is found predominantly within private Medigap policies and Medicare+Choice plans offering prescription coverage...
Trends in the prevalence of chronic medication use in children: 2002-2005Emily R Cox
Express Scripts, Inc, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Pediatrics 122:e1053-61. 2008..Our goal was to estimate the quarterly prevalence of and evaluate trends for chronic medication use in children...
Impact of patient and plan design factors on switching to preferred statin therapyEmily R Cox
Office of Evidence Based Pharmacy Benefit Design, Express Scripts, Inc, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
Ann Pharmacother 41:1946-53. 2007..Changing formulary status is a common strategy to encourage greater use of lower-cost brand and generic drugs...
Health plan member experience with point-of-service prescription step therapyEmily R Cox
Express Scripts, Inc, 13900 Riverport Dr, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA
J Manag Care Pharm 10:291-8. 2004..To better understand health plan member experience with point-of-service prescription step-therapy edits and outcomes in terms of drug received...
Over-the-counter pain reliever and aspirin use within a sample of long-term cyclooxygenase 2 usersEmily R Cox
Express Scripts, Inc, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:1243-6. 2004
Verification of a decision analytic model assumption using real-world practice data: implications for the cost effectiveness of cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitors (COX-2s)Emily R Cox
Office of Research and Planning, Express Scripts, Inc, 13900 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA
Am J Manag Care 9:785-94. 2003..To verify the gastroprotective agent (GPA) rate assumption used in cost-effectiveness models for cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitors (COX-2s) and to re-estimate model outcomes using GPA rates from actual practice...
Prescribing COX-2s for patients new to cyclo-oxygenase inhibition therapyEmily R Cox
Office of Research and Planning, Express Scripts, Inc, 13900 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA
Am J Manag Care 9:735-42. 2003..To profile the pattern of cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitor (COX-2) use, including length of therapy, medical conditions treated, and gastrointestinal (GI) risk profile of users...
Geographic variation in the prevalence of stimulant medication use among children 5 to 14 years old: results from a commercially insured US sampleEmily R Cox
Office of Research and Development, Express Scripts, Inc, Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043, USA
Pediatrics 111:237-43. 2003..The purpose of this study was to evaluate geographic variation in the prevalence of prescription stimulant use and predictors of use among a nationally representative, commercially insured population 5 to 14 years old...
Relationship between generic and preferred-brand prescription copayment differentials and generic fill rateDouglas E Mager
Express Scripts, Inc, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA com
Am J Manag Care 13:347-52. 2007..To evaluate the relationship between generic and brand copayment differentials and generic fill rate (GFR)...
Lowering copayments: impact of simvastatin patent expiration on patient adherenceRebecca L Sedjo
Office of Evidence Based Pharmacy Benefit Design, Express Scripts Inc, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
Am J Manag Care 14:813-8. 2008..To assess the impact of a decrease in statin copayments on medication adherence and demand for statins...
The influence of targeted education on medication persistence and generic substitution among consumer-directed health care enrolleesRebecca L Sedjo
Office of Evidence Based Pharmacy Benefit Design, Express Scripts Inc, One Express Way, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
Health Serv Res 44:2079-92. 2009..To evaluate an educational outreach among consumer-directed health plan (CDHP) enrollees on medication persistence and lower-cost generic substitution within four chronic medication therapies...
Gender differences in self-reported symptom awareness and perceived ability to manage therapy with disease-modifying medication among commercially insured multiple sclerosis patientsAnna Vlahiotis
Express Scripts, Inc, 1 Express Way, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
J Manag Care Pharm 16:206-16. 2010..For both genders, use of disease-modifying medications (DMMs) in the clinical management of MS is pivotal in altering the natural course and diminishing progressive disability over time...
Plan-sponsor savings and member experience with point-of-service prescription step therapyBrenda R Motheral
Outcomes Research, Express Scripts. Inc, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:457-64. 2004..25; 95% CI, 0.08-0.80 vs OR, 0.12; 95% CI, 0.04-0.41). CONCLUSIONS: Step therapy produces significant drug savings. However, there appear to be opportunities to further members' and providers' understanding of these programs...
