Discount

By examining the level of understanding and use of the temporary Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program in the hemodialysis population, we can gain a better understanding of the potential long-term utilization for Medicare Part D.

Anisa I Nayeem et al.

BMC Nephrology 7 (7), 06 7월 2006

Only 11% health care professionals knew the eligibility requirements of the drug discount cards.

Anisa I Nayeem et al.

BMC Nephrology 7 (7), 06 7월 2006

Despite a significant need, hemodialysis patients and providers were poorly educated about the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards.

Anisa I Nayeem et al.

BMC Nephrology 7 (7), 06 7월 2006

The Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Program were intended as temporary measures to provide immediate assistance in lowering prescription drug costs for persons in need.

Anisa I Nayeem et al.

BMC Nephrology 7 (7), 06 7월 2006

The law made Medicare-approved Prescription Drug Discount Cards available to Medicare beneficiaries as of May 2004, in place until Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage began on January 1, 2006 [ 2 ].

Anisa I Nayeem et al.

BMC Nephrology 7 (7), 06 7월 2006

Testing the hypothesis The expectation of differences in internal discount rate between patients and their physicians is discussed.

Steven R Feldman et al.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2 (7), 25 11월 2002

Discount rates for health outcomes are greater than for monetary outcomes [ 11 ] and explain in part why people may fail to engage in preventive health measures [ 12 , 13 ].

Steven R Feldman et al.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2 (7), 25 11월 2002

U d (0) = ∫ e -σ' d t u d [y(t),c(t)] The central theme to be explored is that there are two potential sources of misunderstanding between physicians and patients: different valuations of u [y(t), c(t)] and different discount rates.

Steven R Feldman et al.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2 (7), 25 11월 2002

While both are relevant, we will emphasize the importance of differences in discount rates on lifestyle decision counseling and behavior.

Steven R Feldman et al.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2 (7), 25 11월 2002

There is reason to expect that physicians may have lower than average values of σ (that is, they discount the future less) than the general population.

Steven R Feldman et al.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2 (7), 25 11월 2002

Lessons for Medicare Part D in the hemodialysis community: ... Prescription Drug Discount Card Program in the ...

Anisa I Nayeem et al.

BMC Nephrology , 06 7월 2006

Effects of systematic asymmetric discounting on physician-patient interactions: a theoretical framework to explain poor compliance with lifestyle counseling: ... differences in discounting future health may ...

Steven R Feldman et al.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making , 25 11월 2002

Tai Chi for Disease Activity and Flexibility in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis—A Controlled Clinical Trial: ... we cannot completely discount the possibility that ...

Eun-Nam Lee et al.

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM , 01 12월 2008

Parameter and model uncertainty in a life-table model for fine particles (PM 2.5 ): a statistical modeling study: ... depended mostly on discount rate, exposure-response ...

Marko Tainio et al.

Environmental Health , 23 8월 2007

Cost-Effectiveness of Genotypic Antiretroviral Resistance Testing in HIV-Infected Patients with Treatment Failure: ... from the health care (discount rate 4%) and societal ...

Pedram Sendi et al.

PLoS ONE , 24 1월 2007

Assessing the impact of prescribed medicines on health outcomes: ... and being able to discount alternative ...

Wayne D Hall et al.

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy , 15 2월 2007

Adding a quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine to the UK cervical cancer screening programme: A cost-effectiveness analysis: ... of vaccine efficacy and discount rate. Conclusion ...

Shalini L Kulasingam et al.

Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E , 15 2월 2008

Economic evaluation of rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisolone for advanced follicular lymphoma: ... the literature and a 3% discount rate is employed. Mean ...

John Hornberger et al.

Leukemia & Lymphoma , 01 2월 2008

The transcriptional start site for a human U6 small nuclear RNA gene is dictated by a compound promoter element consisting of the PSE and the TATA box.: ... bind them. Our results discount the possibility that ...

R S Goomer et al.

Nucleic Acids Research , 25 9월 1992

SLiMDisc: short, linear motif discovery, correcting for common evolutionary descent: ... methods that do not discount evolutionary ...

Norman E. Davey et al.

Nucleic Acids Research , 2006