Copayment Increase Associated with Gaps in Heart Medication Use in a Group of Veterans

Sources: Washington Post, January 12, 2009; USA Today, January 12, 2009; Forbes, January 12, 2009. The study was cited by Senator Patty Murray at the VA Secretary Senate Confirmation hearing on January 14, 2009, CSPAN. Jalpa Doshi, PhD and a team which included three other CHIBE researchers published results in the journal Circulation on a quasi-experimental study comparing lipid-lowering medication adherence in patients before and after the 2002 copayment increase at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

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