Here are articles from the latest issue of American Health & Drug Benefits. AHDB is a peer-reviewed journal for 30,000 decision makers in health plans, PBMs, Medicare, Medicaid, and the pharma and biotech industries:
June – July 2009 Issue:
Applying Evidence for Medical Technologies: Closing the Gap between R&D and Decision Maker Need
Interview with Sean R. Tunis, MD, MSc
The Working Patient with Cancer: Implications for Payers and Employers
By Grant D. Lawless, BSPharm, MD, FACP
Lower Copay and Oral Administration: Predictors of First-Fill Adherence to New Asthma Prescriptions
By Zackary Berger, MD, PhD; William Kimbrough, MD; Colleen Gillespie, PhD; Joseph A. Boscarino, PhD, MPH; G. Craig Wood, MS; Zhengmin Qian, MD, PhD; J. B. Jones, PhD, MBA; and Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH
Use Pattern and Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in Adults with Bipolar Disorder, 1998-2002
Jeffery A. Demland, MS; Yonghua Jing, BPharm, PhD; Christina M. L. Kelton, PhD; Jeff J. Guo, BPharm, PhD; Hong Li, MPH, PhD; and Patricia R. Wigle, PharmD
Biosimilars Policy Forum: Perspectives on Safety and Efficacy of Future Products
By F. Randy Vogenberg, RPh, PhD
Payer Perspectives on Healthcare Reform
By Peyton Howell, MHA; Gene Reeder, RPh, PhD; and Timothy S. Regan, BPharm, RPh, CPh
Prioritizing Healthcare Resources to Keep the Baby Boomers Out of Nursing Homes
By Robert E. Henry
The View from Washington: Healthcare Reform
By John Gorman
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Kip Piper is health policy editor of American Health & Drug Benefits.