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Should patients with same condition bear different costs?

Should patients with same condition bear different costs?

Suppose two customers who are both diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis approach your pharmacy counter. The first line of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis works effectively for the first customer, but it doesn’t work well in managing the second customer’s symptoms. The second customer’s doctor recommends another treatment that is more effective for her, yet it is

Access to medications, adherence go hand in hand

Access to medications, adherence go hand in hand

If the lack of medication adherence were an easy problem to solve, then everyone would be taking their medicines as directed, there would be no need for iPhone apps or electronic pill bottle reminders, patient health outcomes would be improved, and overall health care costs would be lower because of reduced complications or ­hospitalizations. Yet

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