AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF PATIENT COST SHARING FOR ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATIONS ON ADHERENCE, MEDICATION AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION, AND EXPENDITURES

An evaluation of the impact of patient cost sharing for antihypertensive medications on adherence, medication and health care utilization, and expenditures

Jacqueline A Pesa1, Jill Van Den Bos2, Travis Gray2, Colleen Hartsig2, Robert Brett McQueen3, Joseph J Saseen3, Kavita V Nair31Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Louisville, CO, USA; 2Milliman, Inc, Denver, CO, USA; 3University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USAObjective: To assess the impact of patient cost-sharing for antihyperten

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Renal function in heart transplant patients after switch to combined mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor and calcineurin inhibitor therapy

Matthias Helmschrott,1 Rasmus Rivinius,1 Thomas Bruckner,2 Hugo A Katus,1 Andreas O Doesch1 1Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology, 2Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Background: A calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based immunosuppression combined with mammalian target of rapamycin inh

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Implementing AIDS Education

The world has been challenged by the AIDS epidemic for 15 years.In 1985, the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, allocated funds to all state departments of education to assist schools in red pygmy dogwood the development of AIDS education policies and programs.Yet, these policies do not ensure that all student

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