Mailing Address:
Harvard Medical School
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Email: Alyce_Adams@harvardpilgrim.org

Phone: (617) 509-
Fax: (617) 859-8112

Staff Assistant: Joyce Cheatham

Alyce Adams, PhD, MPP

Dr. Adams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention. Her research focuses on disparities in pharmaceutical access and use among people with chronic illness and disability. Her most recent publications have examined the impact of cost sharing and patient race on under use of clinically essential medications and other health services. Dr. Adams also serves on the Committee for Higher Degrees in Health Policy and the Faculty Advisory Board for the Harvard University Native American Program. She received her PhD in health policy in 1999 from Harvard University.

Select publications:

1. Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Utilization of antihypertensive drugs among Medicare enrollees: Does type of drug coverage matter? Health Affairs 2001;20(1):276-286.
2. Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. The Case for a Medicare drug coverage benefit: A critical review of the empirical evidence. Annual Review of Public Health 2001;22:49-61.
3. Adams AS, Mah C, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Barton MB, Ross-Degnan D. Barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose among adults with diabetes in an HMO: A cross sectional study. BMC Health Services Research 2003; 3:6.
4. Adams AS, Zhang F, Mah C, Grant R, Kleinman K, Meigs JB, Ross-Degnan D. Race differences in long-term diabetes management in an HMO. Diabetes Care 2005;28:2844-2849.
5. Adams AS, Zhang F, Mah C, Grant R, Kleinman K, Meigs JB, Ross-Degnan D. Race differences in long-term diabetes management in an HMO: response to Hart. Diabetes Care 2006;29(6):1462.
6. Grant R, Adams AS, Mah Trinacty C, Zhang F, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Meigs JB, Ross-Degnan D. Poor patient medication adherence contributes to clinical inertia in glycemic management for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care: In press.