Journal article
A systematic umbrella review of the association of prescription drug insurance and cost-sharing with drug use, health services use, and health
Abstract
BackgroundIncreasing spending and use of prescription drugs pose an important challenge to governments that seek to expand health insurance coverage to improve population health while controlling public expenditures. Patient cost-sharing such as deductibles and coinsurance is widely used with aim to control healthcare expenditures without adversely affecting health.MethodsWe conducted a systematic umbrella review with a quality assessment of …
Authors
Guindon GE; Fatima T; Garasia S; Khoee K
Journal
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 22, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1186/s12913-022-07554-w
ISSN
1472-6963