ArticleExpert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research2005
Health insurance, access to prescription medicines and health outcomes in children.
Article in Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic umbrella review of the association of prescription drug insurance and cost-sharing with drug use, health services use, and health.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Universal Pharmacare and Contraceptive Dispensations Among Youth.JAMA pediatrics · 2025Article
- Selection of private or public hospital care: examining the care-seeking behaviour of patients with private health insurance.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Effect of cost-sharing on use of asthma medication in children.Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2008Article
- Risk factors for repeat adverse asthma events in children after visiting an emergency department.Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric AssociationArticle
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Abstract
Ensuring optimal access to medications has received increasing attention as healthcare systems struggle with increasing costs. Although this has been studied extensively in adults, there has been little investigation in pediatric populations, which have different healthcare needs. A literature review was conducted to examine the evidence regarding the relationship between insurance-mediated access to prescription medicines and outcomes in children. In total, 12 studies were classified according to uninsured versus insured, type of insurance provider and impact of family income. The studies demonstrated that insurance coverage and low-cost sharing are both essential to facilitate access to medications. Increased access was consistently observed for insured compared with uninsured children. Access to prescription drugs frequently differed by type of health provider organization. Adequate family income was an important determinant of access to and receipt of prescriptions. Moreover, income-indexed insurance coverage may increase unmet need. Compared with the literature on access to prescription medicines and health outcomes in adults, there have been few studies in children. Further research relating pharmaceutical policies to pediatric health outcomes is needed to strengthen the quality of policy decision making regarding access to prescription medicines for children.
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