Study finds higher drug co-pays discourage patients from starting treatment

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 08:28 in Health & Medicine

Patients newly diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol are significantly more likely to delay initiating recommended drug treatment if they face higher co-payments for medications, according to a new RAND Corporation study...

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