Background: Drug benefit policies are an important determinant of a population's use of
prescription drugs. This study was undertaken to determine whether a change in a provincial …

Background Low-income children with asthma are less likely to receive inhaled
corticosteroid prescriptions that can prevent asthma morbidity. Objective To determine …

Asthma hospitalization rates in children increase with decreasing level of household
income. This research was undertaken to determine whether use of inhaled corticosteroid …

Background In asthma, underuse of cost-effective preventive treatments increases morbidity
and mortality. The cost of medicines contributes to underuse (“nonadherence”), but the …

Context Health plans have implemented policies to restrain prescription medication
spending by shifting costs toward patients. It is unknown how these policies have affected …

Background. Disparities exist in asthma medication dispensing between children with public
insurance and those with private insurance under a Managed Care Medicaid system in …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the resource utilization and healthcare costs of children with a
diagnosis of asthma, children dispensed asthma medications but without a diagnosis of …

Objective To examine the effect of cost-sharing on the use of asthma medications in
asthmatic children. According to asthma guidelines, children with asthma may require …

Background: Inhaled corticosteroids remain underused among United States–based
clinicians in treating mild-to-moderate adult asthma. Objective: The purpose of this …

Using data from the1996, 1998, and 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, this study
assessed controller medication use in a national representative sample of school-aged …