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Managed Care
Research from T. Lagu and co-authors in the area of managed care published
March 15th, 2009
In this recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate the extent of patient failure to fill antihypertensive prescriptions and to test the hypothesis that the presence of noncardiovascular disease is negatively associated with filling an anti hypertensive prescription, and, conversely, that the presence of cardiovascular disease is positively associated with filling an antihypertensive prescription. Cross-sectional. We sampled prescriptions written for 327 African Americans aged >= 18 years." "Patients were enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan and treated in 6 primary care practices between January 1, 2003, and...
Source: Patient Care Law Weekly (2009-03-15)
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