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Hung A, Zhong L, Reddy P. Racial and social inequities in medication use: A review of articles responding to the Journal of Managed Care + Specialty Pharmacy's Call to Action. J Manag Care Spec Pharm 2024; 30:736-746. [PMID: 38950161 PMCID: PMC11217865 DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2024.30.7.736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
Abstract
This article provides a summary of Viewpoint and Research articles responding to the 2020 Journal of Managed Care + Specialty Pharmacy Call to Action to address racial and social inequities in medication use. We find great heterogeneity in terms of topic, clinical condition examined, and health disparity addressed. Common recommendations across Viewpoint articles include the need to increase racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trial participants, the need to address drug affordability and health insurance literacy, and the need to incentivize providers and plans to participate in diversity initiatives, such as the better capture of information on social determinants of health (SDOH) in claims data to be able to address SDOH needs. Across research articles, we also find a large range of approaches and study designs, spanning from randomized controlled trials to surveys to observational studies. These articles identify disparities in which minoritized beneficiaries are shown to be less likely to receive medications and vaccines, as well as less likely to be adherent to medications, across a variety of conditions. Finally, we discuss Healthy People 2030 as a potential framework for future health disparity researchers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna Hung
- Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
- Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, NC
- Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Durham, NC
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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Frei CR, Ryan K, Obodozie-Ofoegbu GO, Moore AM, Teng C, Lucero KT, Davis LD, Jones XF, Nooruddin Z. Shift in first-line therapies for United States Veterans Affairs (VA) patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Leuk Lymphoma 2024:1-4. [PMID: 38832701 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2360526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Christopher Raymond Frei
- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- AstraZeneca US Medical Affairs, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX, USA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Tan JY, Yeo YH, Tan MC, Chavez JC, Chisti MM. Mortality trends of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the United States with the emergence of targeted therapy. Br J Haematol 2024; 204:1114-1117. [PMID: 38155366 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jia Yi Tan
- Department of Internal Medicine, New York Medical College at Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Corewell Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, New York Medical College at Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Hematologic Malignancies, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
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