Do physician incentives increase patient medication adherence?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the effectiveness of physician incentives for increasing patient medication adherence in three drug classes: diabetes medication, antihypertensives, and statins.

Data sources

Pharmacy and medical claims from a large Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan from January 2011 to December 2012.

Study design

We conducted a randomized experiment (911 primary care practices and 8,935 nonadherent patients) to test the effect of paying physicians for increasing patient medication adherence in three drug classes: diabetes medication, antihypertensives, and statins. We measured patients' medication adherence for 18 (6) months before (after) the intervention.

Data collection/extraction methods

We obtained data directly from the health insurer.

Princi

SUBMITTER: Kong E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376007 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature