Action to address the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases

S Jan, TL Laba, BM Essue, A Gheorghe, J Muhunthan… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
The economic burden on households of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including
cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, poses major …

A systematic review of interventions to improve diabetes care in socially disadvantaged populations

RH Glazier, J Bajcar, NR Kennie, K Willson - Diabetes care, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—To identify and synthesize evidence about the effectiveness of patient,
provider, and health system interventions to improve diabetes care among socially …

Social work macro practice

FE Netting, PM Kettner, SL McMurtry, ML Thomas - 1993 - pearson.com
Social Work Macro Practice, 7th edition Page 1 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc. All
rights reserved. 14939-DF-12 Social Work Macro Practice, 7th edition F. Ellen Netting Steve L …

The incidence and determinants of primary nonadherence with prescribed medication in primary care: a cohort study

R Tamblyn, T Eguale, A Huang… - Annals of internal …, 2014 - acpjournals.org
Background: Primary nonadherence is probably an important contributor to suboptimal
disease management, but methodological challenges have limited investigation of it …

The effect of cost on adherence to prescription medications in Canada

MR Law, L Cheng, IA Dhalla, D Heard, SG Morgan - Cmaj, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Many patients do not adhere to treatment because they cannot afford their
prescription medications, putting them at increased risk of adverse health outcomes. We …

Affordability, availability and acceptability barriers to health care for the chronically ill: longitudinal case studies from South Africa

J Goudge, L Gilson, S Russell, T Gumede… - BMC health services …, 2009 - Springer
Background There is an increasing burden of chronic illness in low and middle income
countries, driven by TB/HIV, as well as non-communicable diseases. Few health systems …

Physician awareness of drug cost: a systematic review

GM Allan, J Lexchin, N Wiebe - PLoS medicine, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background Pharmaceutical costs are the fastest-growing health-care expense in most
developed countries. Higher drug costs have been shown to negatively impact patient …

The influence of health systems on hypertension awareness, treatment, and control: a systematic literature review

W Maimaris, J Paty, P Perel, H Legido-Quigley… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Hypertension (HT) affects an estimated one billion people worldwide, nearly
three-quarters of whom live in low-or middle-income countries (LMICs). In both developed …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of prescription drug cost sharing: a review of the evidence

TB Gibson, RJ Ozminkowski… - Am J Manag …, 2005 - ajmc.s3.amazonaws.com
Objectives: To determine whether patients respond to increased cost sharing by substituting
less expensive alternatives for medications with higher levels of copayments or coinsurance …

How does copayment for health care services affect demand, health and redistribution? A systematic review of the empirical evidence from 1990 to 2011

A Kiil, K Houlberg - The European Journal of Health Economics, 2014 - Springer
This article reviews the quantitative evidence on the behavioural effects of copayment within
the health area across a wide range of countries. The review distinguishes itself from …