J. Samantha Dougherty, PhD

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February 11th 2019

Medication Adherence as a Measure of the Quality of Care Provided by Physicians

Seth A. Seabury, PhD J. Samantha Dougherty, PhD Jeff Sullivan, MS

Physician-level medication adherence is a strong predictor of patient health and should be considered as a measure of physician quality.

June 26th 2017

Does the Offer of Free Prescriptions Increase Generic Prescribing?

Bruce Stuart, PhD Franklin Hendrick, PhD J. Samantha Dougherty, PhD Jing Xu, PhD

The offer of free medications to low-income Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes enrolled in Part D plans has no impact on generic prescribing rates.

March 17th 2017

Reducing Out-of-Pocket Cost Barriers to Specialty Drug Use Under Medicare Part D: Addressing the Problem of "Too Much Too Soon"

Jalpa A. Doshi, PhD Pengxiang Li, PhD Amy R. Pettit, PhD J. Samantha Dougherty, PhD Ashley Flint, MPP Vrushabh P. Ladage, BS

Medicare claims analyses offer insight into how proposed policy changes would affect out-of-pocket prescription costs for Part D beneficiaries requiring specialty drugs.

March 17th 2016

Prevalence, Effectiveness, and Characteristics of Pharmacy-Based Medication Synchronization Programs

Alexis A. Krumme, MS Danielle L. Isaman, BS Samuel F. Stolpe, PharmD J. Samantha Dougherty, PhD Niteesh K. Choudhry, MD, PhD

This study evaluates the prevalence, structure, and key features of pharmacy-based programs to synchronize prescription fill dates, about which, little is known.

July 9th 2015

Medication Adherence and Measures of Health Plan Quality

Seth A. Seabury, PhD Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD J. Samantha Dougherty, PhD Jeff Sullivan, MS Dana P. Goldman, PhD

This study examines the association between plan-level measures of health outcomes and medication adherence to assess the viability of adherence as a measure of plan performance.