Medication supply, healthcare outcomes and healthcare expenses: Longitudinal analyses of patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension

Chi-Chen Chen, Robert H. Blank and Shou-Hsia Cheng

Health Policy, 2014, vol. 117, issue 3, 374-381

Abstract: Patients with chronic conditions largely depend on proper medications to maintain health. This study aims to examine, for patients with diabetes and hypertension, whether the appropriateness of the quantity of drug obtained is associated with favorable healthcare outcomes and lower expenses.

Keywords: Medication supply; Healthcare expenses; Healthcare outcomes; Type 2 diabetes; Hypertension; Longitudinal design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.04.002

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