Effect of Dual Use of Veterans Affairs and Medicare Part D Drug Benefits on Antihypertensive Medication Supply in a National Cohort of Veterans with Dementia.
Carolyn T ThorpeWalid F GelladMaria K MorJohn P CashyJohn R PleisCourtney Harold Van HoutvenLoren J SchleidenJoseph T HanlonJoshua D NiznikRonald L CaricoChester B GoodJoshua M ThorpePublished in: Health services research (2018)
Obtaining antihypertensives through both VA and Part D was associated with increased antihypertensive under- and oversupply. Efforts to understand how best to coordinate dual-system prescription use are critically needed.