Research

Pharmacy Benefit Research Abstracts

How to Influence Member Behavior through Optimal Plan Design: What Works, What Doesn’t and Why?
Cox ER. Annual Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Educational Conference, San Antonio TX, October 2009

Association Between Pharmaceutical Step-Therapy Programs, Medication Compliance and Medical Consequences
Mager D, Cox E. 21st Annual Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Meeting, Orlando FL, April 2009

Impact of a Statin Formulary Change on Health Outcomes and Medical Costs
Vlahiotis A, Mager D, Cox E. 13th Annual International Society for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Meeting, Orlando FL, April 2009

What Can You Expect From Lowering Copayments? Impact of Simvastatin Patent Expiration on Patient Adherence
Sedjo RL, Cox ER. 25th Annual AcademyHealth Research Conference, Washington DC, June 2008

The Impact of Targeted Member Education on Choice of Preferred Statin Therapy After a Formulary Change
Nease RF, Cox ER, Mager DE. 13th Annual International Society of Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Meeting, Ontario Canada, May 2008

What’s Driving Prescription Copayment?
Cox E, Svirnovskiy Y. 13th Annual International Society of Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Meeting, Ontario Canada, May 2008

The Effect of Copayment on Patient Compliance to Specialty Drug Therapy Regimens for Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Hepatitis C
Cox ER, Henderson R. 24th Annual AcademyHealth Research Conference, Seattle WA, June 2007

Impact of a Targeted Patient Communication Encouraging Greater Generic Statin Use
Kulkarni AS, Cox E, Mager D. 12th Annual International Society for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Meeting, Arlington VA, May 2007

Patient and Plan Design Factors Influencing Switching to Formulary Statin Agents After Formulary Status Change of Atorvastatin
Cox ER, Kulkarni A. 24th Annual AcademyHealth Research Conference, Seattle WA, June 2007

Effect of Copay Differential on Generic Fill Rate and Formulary Compliance
Mager D, Cox ER. 18th Annual Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Meeting, Seattle WA, March 2006

Understanding the Value of Clinical and Utilization Management Programs
Motheral BR, Delate T. 16th Annual Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Meeting. San Francisco CA, April 2004

Consumer-driven Health Care: What Payers Want and What it Means to You.
Motheral BR. Food Marketing Institute Supermarket Pharmacy Conference. Chicago IL, May 2004