Healthcare Triage | When Drug Costs Are High, Patients Skip Doses @healthcaretriage | Uploaded January 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The idea behind cost-sharing in healthcare costs goes something like this: If the patient is responsible for some part of the cost of their care, they'll be more judicious in their choices of treatment, and healthcare spending will decline. While this does work in some ways, it can have unintended consequences. When people need a prescription drug, and that drug costs more than they're willing or able to pay, they'll just reduce their dose, or stop taking their medicine all together. Today we're talking about some of the bad outcomes that can come with cost sharing.
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Regulating Drug Prices: youtu.be/ZSQS1my9nos
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Source links for this episode:
1. cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db349-h.pdf
2. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204232
3. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/198761
4. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/207805
5. nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/The-ACAs-BC-Benefit-Report.pdf
6. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14657430?dopt=Abstract
7. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.2013.52.9123?url_ver=Z39.88- 2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&
8. cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db184.pdf
9. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5293866
10. reuters.com/article/us-canada-pharmaceuticals/canadian-panel-calls-for-universal-public-drug-coverage-idUSKCN1TD20M
11. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149291809000204?via=ihub
12. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510208
13. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/when-is-it-okay-to-split-medication-in-half
Credits:
John Green -- Executive Producer
Stan Muller -- Director, Producer
Aaron Carroll -- Writer
Mark Olsen – Art Director
Tiffany Doherty -- Writer and Script Editor
Meredith Danko – Social Media
#healthcare #healthcaretriage #prescriptions
The idea behind cost-sharing in healthcare costs goes something like this: If the patient is responsible for some part of the cost of their care, they'll be more judicious in their choices of treatment, and healthcare spending will decline. While this does work in some ways, it can have unintended consequences. When people need a prescription drug, and that drug costs more than they're willing or able to pay, they'll just reduce their dose, or stop taking their medicine all together. Today we're talking about some of the bad outcomes that can come with cost sharing.
Related HCT episodes:
Regulating Drug Prices: youtu.be/ZSQS1my9nos
Be sure to check out our podcast!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkfBg8ML-gInFaYyYhKLBp2u7h5IojTw4
Other Healthcare Triage Links:
1. Support the channel on Patreon: vid.io/xqXr
2. Check out our Facebook page: goo.gl/LnOq5z
3. We still have merchandise available at hctmerch.com
4. Aaron's book "The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully" is available wherever books are sold, such as Amazon: amzn.to/2hGvhKw
Source links for this episode:
1. cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db349-h.pdf
2. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204232
3. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/198761
4. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/207805
5. nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/The-ACAs-BC-Benefit-Report.pdf
6. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14657430?dopt=Abstract
7. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.2013.52.9123?url_ver=Z39.88- 2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&
8. cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db184.pdf
9. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5293866
10. reuters.com/article/us-canada-pharmaceuticals/canadian-panel-calls-for-universal-public-drug-coverage-idUSKCN1TD20M
11. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149291809000204?via=ihub
12. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510208
13. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/when-is-it-okay-to-split-medication-in-half
Credits:
John Green -- Executive Producer
Stan Muller -- Director, Producer
Aaron Carroll -- Writer
Mark Olsen – Art Director
Tiffany Doherty -- Writer and Script Editor
Meredith Danko – Social Media
#healthcare #healthcaretriage #prescriptions
