Predictors of medication adherence and associated health care costs in an older population with overactive bladder syndrome: a longitudinal cohort study.

Purpose: We examined the relationship between self-reported health status data, subsequent antimuscarinic medication adherence and health care service use in older adults with OAB syndrome in a managed care setting.

Materials And Methods: This was a longitudinal cohort study of older adults in the southeastern United States with OAB who completed a health status assessment, used antimuscarinic medications and were enrolled in an HMO continuously for 1 to 3 years. Demographic, clinical and use related economic variables were also retrieved from the administrative claims data of patient HMOs.

Outcomes associated with initiation of different controller therapies in a Medicaid asthmatic population: a retrospective data analysis.

Background: Outcomes in asthmatic patients may vary depending on the controller medication used. Observational studies of outcomes of asthma therapy are needed to understand the implications of choice of controller in different populations.

Objectives: To determine whether there are differences in health care use and costs of asthma treatment in asthma patients treated with montelukast compared with fluticasone proponiate 44 microg.