Open AccessMedication Use and Health Care Utilization After a Cost-sharing Increase in Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Aleksi Hamina,
Antti Tanskanen,
Jari Tiihonen,
Heidi Taipale
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001369
Subject(s) - medicine , antipsychotic , discontinuation , medical prescription , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , prescription drug , confidence interval , drug , psychiatry , health care , cost sharing , emergency medicine , pharmacology , nursing , economics , economic growth
Increases in prescription drug cost-sharing may decrease adherence to treatment among persons with schizophrenia and lead to discontinuation of use and an increased risk of hospitalization.