ArticlePatient preference and adherence2017
Impact of late-to-refill reminder calls on medication adherence in the Medicare Part D population: evaluation of a randomized controlled study.
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- Automatic medication refills to improve glycaemic control among patients with diabetes and low medication adherence.BMJ open quality · 2023Trial
- Can nurses help improve self-care of patients living with atrial fibrillation? A focus group study exploring patients' disease knowledge gaps.Nursing open · 2020Article
- Pharmacy Data as an Alternative Data Source for Implementation of a Data to Care Strategy.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Article
- Patient Compliance: Fact or Fiction?Innovations in pharmacy · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study evaluates a nationwide pharmacy chain's late-to-refill (LTR) reminder program that entails local pharmacists placing reminder calls to Medicare Part D patients.
methodsWe conducted a randomized controlled study among 735,218 patients who exhibited nonadherent behavior by not refilling a maintenance medication 3 days from an expected refill date. Patients were randomly assigned to an intervention group who received LTR reminder calls or to a control group. We used Walgreens pharmaceutical claims data from 2015 to estimate the impact of LTR calls on short-term and annual adherence.
resultsThe initial refill rate within the first 14 days of the expected refill date significantly increased in the intervention group by 22.8% (6.09 percentage points) compared to the control group (
conclusionResults from this study suggest that LTR reminder calls increased adherence for Medicare Part D patients who are late in refilling their medications and therefore have the potential to reduce their risk for hospitalization and health care costs. Additionally, the intervention increased the number of patients with PDC ≥80% by ~3%, positively impacting Medicare Part D plan quality rating.
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