title: New study suggests some efforts to control drug costs could backfire.
abstract: While many payers search for new and better ways to limit escalating drug costs, one new study suggests that at least some of the tactics commonly used could be backfiring in the form of higher overall medical costs. In fact, the study suggests that in the case of some common chronic diseases, health plans could save money by doing a better job of making sure patients get their prescriptions filled and take their drugs as prescribed
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D016527:Drug Costs; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States