This paper uses a hybrid cost model to identify determinants of cost variation among programs that offer early intervention services to people living with HIV/AIDS. The model combines the effects of input price and output volume from traditional economic cost functions with institutional factors...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in the United States, affecting more than 5 million people at an expected cost of $34.8 billion in 2008. This article examines the association of medication adherence via the medication possession ratio with...

To compare healthcare costs associated with initiating treatment on escitalopram or an alternative selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.