Jacqueline Pesa, PhD, MPH

This study examines the relationship between Medicaid managed care penetration within a state and spending on pharmaceuticals for patients with serious mental illnesses.

A large proportion of opioid analgesic treated chronic pain patients exhibited behaviors indicative of potentially problematic opioid use, which significantly affected healthcare costs.

Antihypertensive medication adherence was associated with improvement in certain short-term utilization measures among employees with high prior medical costs.