Spotlight on Grantee Publications

Yuting Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh and formerly a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, and colleagues published the article, “Effects of Prior Authorization on Medication Discontinuation among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Bipolar Disorder,” in the April 2009 issue of Psychiatric Services. This HCFO-sponsored study—led by Stephen B. Soumerai, Sc.D., professor at Harvard Medical School—is evaluating the effects of prior authorization of new medications among Medicaid beneficiaries with bipolar disorder in the state of Maine.


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