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Barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose among adults with diabetes in an HMO: a cross sectional studyAlyce S Adams
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 3:6. 2003..The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between patient characteristics and self-monitoring in a large health maintenance organization (HMO) using test strips as objective measures of self-monitoring practice...- Medication adherence and racial differences in A1C controlAlyce S Adams
Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes Care 31:916-21. 2008..The purpose of this study was to examine medication adherence and other self-management practices as potential determinants of higher glycemic risk among black relative to white patients... 
Race differences in long-term diabetes management in an HMOAlyce S Adams
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Diabetes Care 28:2844-9. 2005..We examined race differences in diabetes outcomes over 4-8 years in a single HMO...- Depression and cost-related medication nonadherence in Medicare beneficiariesKara Zivin Bambauer
Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:602-8. 2007.... - Racial differences in long-term self-monitoring practice among newly drug-treated diabetes patients in an HMOConnie Mah Trinacty
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1506-13. 2007..However, minority patients may encounter barriers to better self-care even within settings where variations in quality of care and insurance are minimized... 
Unintended impacts of a Medicaid prior authorization policy on access to medications for bipolar illnessChristine Y Lu
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Med Care 48:4-9. 2010..The objective of this study was to examine the impact of a Maine Medicaid PA policy on initiation and switching of anticonvulsant and atypical antipsychotic treatments among patients with bipolar disorder...- Impact of prior authorization on the use and costs of lipid-lowering medications among Michigan and Indiana dual enrollees in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based studyChristine Y Lu
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clin Ther 33:135-44. 2011..Some Medicaid programs have adopted prior-authorization (PA) policies that require prescribers to request approval from Medicaid before prescribing drugs not included on a preferred drug list... - Impact of two Medicaid prior-authorization policies on antihypertensive use and costs among Michigan and Indiana residents dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based studyMichael R Law
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clin Ther 32:729-41; discussion 716. 2010..However, little is known about the impact of these policies on the use of antihypertensive medicines in the United States... - Relationship between patient medication adherence and subsequent clinical inertia in type 2 diabetes glycemic managementRichard Grant
General Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes Care 30:807-12. 2007..We assessed the relationship between patients' initial medication adherence and subsequent regimen intensification among patients with persistently elevated A1C levels... - Prior authorization for antidepressants in Medicaid: effects among disabled dual enrolleesAlyce S Adams
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:750-6. 2009.... - Racial differences in long-term adherence to oral antidiabetic drug therapy: a longitudinal cohort studyConnie M Trinacty
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:24. 2009..Adherence differences may contribute to health disparities for black diabetes patients, including higher microvascular event rates, greater complication-related disability, and earlier mortality... - Use of atypical antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia in Maine Medicaid following a policy changeStephen B Soumerai
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:w185-95. 2008..AA spending was slightly lower in both states. Observed increases in treatment discontinuities without cost savings suggest that AAs should be exempt from PA for patients with severe mental illnesses... - Racial differences in impact of coverage on diabetes self-monitoring in a health maintenance organizationConnie A Mah
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Med Care 44:392-7. 2006..Insurance coverage of patient self-management devices like self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) equipment may help to reduce race-related barriers to effective care... - Association between prior authorization for medications and health service use by Medicaid patients with bipolar disorderChristine Y Lu
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:186-93. 2011..This study examined the association between a Medicaid prior-authorization policy for second-generation antipsychotic and anticonvulsant agents and medication discontinuation and health service use by patients with bipolar disorder... - Medicare part D and changes in prescription drug use and cost burden: national estimates for the Medicare population, 2000 to 2007Becky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School and Meyers Primary Care, Worcester, Boston, MA, USA
Med Care 49:834-41. 2011..The full effect of Medicare Part D, after the initial policy transition period and across the United States Medicare population, remains unclear... - Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part DJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
JAMA 299:1922-8. 2008..Cost-related medication nonadherence (CRN) has been a persistent problem for individuals who are elderly and disabled in the United States. The impact of Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) on CRN is unknown... - Reliability of new measures of cost-related medication nonadherenceMarsha Pierre-Jacques
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Med Care 46:444-8. 2008..Although several national studies have attempted to measure medication nonadherence due to cost in cross-sectional studies of the elderly and disabled, little information exists on the psychometric properties of these measures over time... - Racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum depression care among low-income womenKaty Backes Kozhimannil
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:619-25. 2011..The goal of this study was to characterize racial-ethnic differences in mental health care utilization associated with postpartum depression in a multiethnic cohort of Medicaid recipients... - A longitudinal study of medication nonadherence and hospitalization risk in schizophreniaMichael R Law
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 69:47-53. 2008..However, such analyses typically measure adherence averaged over long time periods. We investigated the temporal relationship between nonadherence and hospitalization risk using a daily measure of medication availability... - Provider and patient characteristics associated with antidepressant nonadherence: the impact of provider specialtyKara Zivin Bambauer
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Mass, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 68:867-73. 2007.... - Does antidepressant adherence have an effect on glycemic control among diabetic antidepressant users?Kara Z Bambauer
Dept of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 34:291-304. 2004..To examine the relationship between adherence to antidepressant medications and HbA1c levels among patients with diabetes in a managed care setting... - Physician alerts to increase antidepressant adherence: fax or fiction?Kara Zivin Bambauer
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:498-504. 2006..However, the efficacy of such interventions for improving adherence among patients treated for depression is unknown... - Effects of prior authorization on medication discontinuation among Medicaid beneficiaries with bipolar disorderYuting Zhang
Drug Policy Research Group at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:520-7. 2009.... - Effect of switching antipsychotics on antiparkinsonian medication use in schizophrenia: population-based studySylvia Park
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
Br J Psychiatry 187:137-42. 2005..The extent to which atypical antipsychotics have a lower incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms than typical antipsychotics has not been well-evaluated in community practice... - The population-level impacts of a national health insurance program and franchise midwife clinics on achievement of prenatal and delivery care standards in the PhilippinesKaty Backes Kozhimannil
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Health Policy 92:55-64. 2009..This paper examines population-level impacts of these interventions on achievement of minimum standards for prenatal and delivery care... - Cost-related medication nonadherence among elderly and disabled medicare beneficiaries: a national survey 1 year before the medicare drug benefitStephen B Soumerai
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Mass, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1829-35. 2006..Prior to implementation of the Medicare drug benefit, we estimated the prevalence of cost-related medication nonadherence (CRN) among Medicare enrollees, including elderly and nonelderly disabled beneficiaries... - Use of well-child visits in high-deductible health plansAlison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Fl, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:833-40. 2010..To examine how enrollment in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) affects use of well-child visits relative to traditional plans, when preventive care is exempt from the deductible... - Antibiotic use following a Korean national policy to prohibit medication dispensing by physiciansSylvia Park
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
Health Policy Plan 20:302-9. 2005..Prohibiting doctors from dispensing drugs reduced prescribing overall, both of antibiotics and other drugs, and selectively reduced inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in viral illness... - Strategies for coping in a complex world: adherence behavior among older adults with chronic illnessRachel A Elliott
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
J Gen Intern Med 22:805-10. 2007..Increasing numbers of medicines increase nonadherence. Little is known about how older adults manage multiple medicines for multiple illnesses...