Jalpa Doshi

..This article comprehensively reviews studies reporting ADHD-related incremental (excess) costs for children/adolescents and adults and presents estimates of annual national incremental costs of ADHD...

..This study intends to assess the performance of the CMS-HCC risk adjustment method and to compare it to the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity measures in predicting in-hospital and six-month mortality in Medicare beneficiaries...

..4 percent and 32.5 percent, respectively, in 1997. Using 2002 data, we estimate that three million beneficiaries would be eligible for bariatric surgery coverage under current Medicare policy...

..To examine the association between generosity of drug coverage and essential cardiovascular medication use among retired seniors...

..The objective of this article is to evaluate the statistical methods used for analysis of cost data in economic evaluations conducted alongside randomized controlled trials...

..We examined the impact of the copayment increase on lipid-lowering medication adherence...

..However, this risk differential in COX-2 use disappears among those with the most generous coverage. Potential overuse of costly medications should be addressed as the Medicare drug benefit is being phased in...

..To provide the first nationwide estimates of medication use in nursing homes (NHs) and to introduce a new data set for examining drug use in long-term care facilities...

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..This issue Brief summarizes two studies that examine the prevalence of obesity over time in the elderly and disabled, and the changing relationship of obesity and disability...

..Given limited health care resources, assessment of the value for the cost of second-generation antipsychotics relative to first-generation antipsychotics is critical for resource-allocation decisions...

..To determine whether Medicare enrollment at age 65 has an effect on the health trajectory of the near-elderly uninsured...

..This study examines the risk of development of significant depressive symptoms after a new diagnosis of cancer, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, arthritis, chronic lung disease, or stroke...

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..To determine whether late middle-aged U.S. workers with depression are at an increased risk for retirement...

..Novel methods are needed to improve adherence for warfarin. We conducted two pilot studies to determine whether a lottery-based daily financial incentive is feasible and improves warfarin adherence and anticoagulation control...

..It is not known whether low-income subsidies (LIS) under Medicare Part D help beneficiaries overcome impediments to medication use associated with poor socioeconomic status and high disease burden...

..Adding lagged drug expenditures more than doubled predictive power to 55 percent. These results are discussed in the context of forecasting, and risk adjustment for the proposed new Medicare drug benefit...

..They were drawn from industry, academia, consulting organizations, and advisors to governments and came from Japan, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States...

..Any possible impact would be most apparent in patients with medication-sensitive disease conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

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..This does not necessarily mean that drug therapy does not substitute for or complement other medical treatments, but rather that neither effect predominates across the Medicare population as a whole...

..High expenditures on these medications are thus likely to continue without concomitant gains for public health...

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..These findings contradict previous findings among white caregivers and non-caregivers and suggest different practice implications...

..We will use these estimates to simulate the effect of changes in the age of Medicare eligibility on health, medical service use and Medicare expenditure. ..

..The findings of our study will help inform policymakers about the intended and unintended consequences of prescription copayments in Medicaid patients with schizophrenia. ..

..The findings of our study will help inform policymakers about the intended and unintended consequences of prescription copayments in Medicaid patients with schizophrenia. ..

..They will help guide design and refine policies surrounding Part D so as to provide a balance between medication access and costs in such vulnerable patients who can least afford to be without needed medications. ..