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Cost Sharing
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Definition of 'Cost Sharing'Provisions of an insurance policy that require the insured to pay some portion of covered expenses. Several forms of sharing are in use, e.g., deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Cost sharing does not refer to or include amounts paid in premiums for the coverage. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed) Common names: Cost Sharing; Sharing, Cost; Cost-Sharing Insurance; Cost Sharing Insurance; Insurance, Cost-Sharing |
Monday, November 23, 2009
Effect of patient medication cost share on adherence and glycemic control.
29 Jun 2009 
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of patient cost-sharing on oral diabetes medication adherence and glycemic control. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. METHODOLOGY: Medical and pharmacy claims from a managed care plan and electronic medical ... Read more...
29 Jun 2009 Between 2001 and 2007, an increasing share of adults with private insurance--whether employer-based coverage or individual market plans--spent a large amount of their income on premiums and out-of-pocket medical costs, were underinsured, and/or ... Read more...
13 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Many worry that the use of specialty tiering for biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) by Medicare Part D plans imposes a heavy financial burden on beneficiaries with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To date, no one has ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Cost Sharing'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- The cost of health care--highlights from a discussion about economics and reform.
21 Sep 2009 - PDPs see increases in cost-sharing amounts. 30 Jul 2009
- Medicare Part D update--lessons learned and unfinished business. 21 Jul 2009
- Effect of patient medication cost share on adherence and glycemic control. 29 Jun 2009
- Failure to protect: why the individual insurance market is not a viable option for most U.S. families: findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2007. 29 Jun 2009
- Impact of Medicare Part D on access to and cost sharing for specialty biologic medications for beneficiaries with rheumatoid arthritis. 13 Jun 2009
- Drug therapy for asthma. 9 Jun 2009
- Value based insurance design: maintaining a focus on health in an era of cost containment.
30 May 2009 - Increased patient co-payments and changes in PBS-subsidised prescription medicines dispensed in Western Australia. 30 May 2009
- What works in market-oriented health policy? 19 May 2009
- Wealth, income, and the affordability of health insurance. 29 Apr 2009
- How valid are the assumptions underlying consumer-driven health plans? 29 Apr 2009
- The Massachusetts Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector: structure and functions. 29 Apr 2009
- Clinically sensitive cost-sharing for prescription drugs: thinking beyond the silos. 29 Apr 2009
- Cost-sharing: a blunt instrument. 27 Apr 2009
- Cost sharing and the initiation of drug therapy for the chronically ill. 25 Apr 2009
- Financial barriers to HIV treatment in Yaoundé, Cameroon: first results of a national cross-sectional survey. 30 Mar 2009
- Awareness of pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs among inner-city seniors. 30 Mar 2009
- Which households are at risk of catastrophic health spending: experience in Thailand after universal coverage. 29 Mar 2009
- Early results from Thailand's 30 Baht Health Reform: something to smile about. 29 Mar 2009
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Technical information about 'Cost Sharing'
Definition: Provisions of an insurance policy that require the insured to pay some portion of covered expenses. Several forms of sharing are in use, e.g., deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Cost sharing does not refer to or include amounts paid in premiums for the coverage. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
Descriptor UI: D017047
Alternative terms: Cost Sharing; Sharing, Cost; Cost-Sharing Insurance; Cost Sharing Insurance; Insurance, Cost-Sharing;
Related Mesh Headings: Health Benefit Plans, Employee; Managed Care Programs;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;
Tree Number: N03.219.151.170; N03.219.521.576.090;
Online Note: use DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE to search COST SHARING INSURANCE 1978-91
History Note: 92; COST SHARING INSURANCE was see DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE 1978-91
Technical Notes: restrict to insurance: sharing of costs by both insured & insurer