Accessing Patient Assistance Programs to Meet Clients' Medication Needs
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- Vol. 12 (6) , 233-235
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.2000.tb00187.x
Abstract
The high cost of medication is a barrier to patient compliance. Nurse practitioners can access patient assistance programs to assist low‐income clients to obtain medications, empowering them to take action to improve their health. At Health Care Access, a primary care clinic serving low‐income, uninsured persons, approximately $150,000 worth of medications were obtained through patient assistance programs in 1997, compared to the total clinic budget of $189,000. Processes for obtaining prescription drugs vary between pharmaceutical companies. An understanding of these types of programs provides nurse practitioners access to these resources for their clients.Keywords
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