Research

Benefit Design

Copies of full-text articles are available upon request.

2010

• A Comparison of Diabetes Medication Adherence and Healthcare Costs in Patients Using Mail Order Pharmacy and Retail Pharmacy

2009

• The Influence of Targeted Education on Medication Persistence and Generic Substitution Among Consumer-Directed Health Care Enrollees
• The Truth About Plan Design: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
• Why Financial Incentives Aren't Enough to Move the Needle on Compliance (PDF file)

2008

• Is Compliance Really Better in Home Delivery? Evidence Across Three Chronic Therapy Classes (PDF file)
• Lowering Copayments: Impact of Simvastatin Patent Expiration on Patient Adherence. (PDF file)

2007

• Impact of Patient and Plan Design Factors on Switching to Preferred Statin Therapy
• Relationship Between Generic and Preferred-Brand Prescription-Copayment Differentials and Generic-Fill Rate (PDF file)
• What Happens to Prescription-Drug Use After Consumer-Directed Health Plan Enrollment? Consumer Choices and the Need for Education (PDF file)

2006

• Use of Generic Therapeutic Substitution Can Save Billions In Drug Costs

2005

• 2005 Generic Drug Usage Report (PDF file)

2004

• Predictors of Satisfaction of Health Plan Members with Prescription Drug Benefits

2003

• Retrospective, Long-Term Follow-Up Study of the Effect of a Three-Tier Prescription Drug Copayment System on Pharmaceutical and Other Medical Utilization and Costs

2001

• Effect of a Three-Tier Prescription Copay On Pharmaceutical and Other Medical Utilization
• Effects Of Employee Salary and Chronic Disease On Response to a Drug Copayment Increase (PDF file)
• Mail Order Pharmacy: A Case Study
• Medicare Beneficiaries' Management Of Capped Prescription Benefits

2000

• Exhaustion of Prescription Benefits and Medicare Beneficiaries' Disenrollment From Managed Care
• Analytic Dimensions of a Prescription-Medication Benefit In Medicare
• The Effect of a Closed Formulary In the Face of Real-Life Enrollment and Disenrollment Patterns (PDF file)
• Pharmacy Management Trends: A Guide for New Physicians

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