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ArticleJournal of managed care & specialty pharmacy2024

A primer on quality measurement and reporting in pharmacy benefit plans.

Stephen J Kogut

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Article in Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Enhancing medication adherence with blister-packed oral oncolytics: A case example in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners · 2026
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  2. A primer on clinical programs in managed care pharmacy.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2026
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  3. Advancing the conversation: 30 years of scholarship in managed care pharmacy.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen J KogutCollege of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
University of Rhode Island · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacy benefit plans in the United States are evaluated on quality measures and other requirements of the government and accrediting organizations. This primer describes the roles of key organizations involved in measuring and reporting quality in pharmacy benefit plans and explains the methods that pharmacy benefit plans use to promote quality of medication use.

Indexed as

Pharmaceutical ServicesPharmaciesPharmacyHumansInsurance, Pharmaceutical ServicesUnited States

Identifiers

PMID38427331
PMCPMC10981972
OpenAlexW4392359558

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.