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The Effect of Copayments for Prescriptions on Adherence to Prescription Medicines in Publicly Insured Populations; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, May 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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Title
The Effect of Copayments for Prescriptions on Adherence to Prescription Medicines in Publicly Insured Populations; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in
PLOS ONE, May 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0064914
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Authors

Sarah-Jo Sinnott, Claire Buckley, David O′Riordan, Colin Bradley, Helen Whelton

Abstract

Copayments are intended to decrease third party expenditure on pharmaceuticals, particularly those regarded as less essential. However, copayments are associated with decreased use of all medicines. Publicly insured populations encompass some vulnerable patient groups such as older individuals and low income groups, who may be especially susceptible to medication non-adherence when required to pay. Non-adherence has potential consequences of increased morbidity and costs elsewhere in the system.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Israel 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 149 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 30 19%
Student > Master 28 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 10%
Other 11 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 6%
Other 34 22%
Unknown 27 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 48 31%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 10%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 14 9%
Social Sciences 11 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 7%
Other 22 14%
Unknown 34 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 June 2019.
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#1,048,542
of 24,076,257 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#13,814
of 206,977 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,418
of 198,103 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#334
of 4,768 outputs
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