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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591078 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yuting Y Talisa Victor V Baik Seo Hyon SH
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 20150615 10
<h4>Objective</h4>Most Medicare schizophrenia patients were randomly assigned in 2006 to one of 409 benchmark plans. This study examined plan switching and factors affecting switching among beneficiaries with schizophrenia.<h4>Methods</h4>The data were 2006 Medicare pharmacy data for three groups of schizophrenia patients: those with Medicaid coverage ("dual eligibles"; N=93,705), Medicare beneficiaries with a low-income subsidy (N=56,148), and Medicare beneficiaries without the subsidy (N=36,10 ...[more]