Prescription Drug Coverage and Drug Use Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries
Author : Soon Im Huh
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Page : 318 pages
File Size : 17,74 MB
Release : 2005
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Author : Soon Im Huh
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Page : 318 pages
File Size : 17,74 MB
Release : 2005
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Author : Dooyoung Lim
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Page : pages
File Size : 20,77 MB
Release : 2016
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The Medicare Part D program enhanced Medicare beneficiaries ability to afford prescription drugs through reduced drug prices, thereby increasing their drug utilization rates. Considering potentially high price responsiveness of lower degree of necessity drugs, Part D is likely to induce higher consumption of improperly used prescription drugs, including inappropriate and off-label drugs, in Medicare enrollees. Yet little evidence exists about howand to what extentPart D might have an impact on these types of medication use of elderly Medicare recipients. This thesis using multi-year (2001-2010) data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) explores whether and how much Part D has influenced inappropriate and off-label drug use patterns among elderly Medicare beneficiaries. The difference-in-differences (DD) model was used for both analyses. The inappropriate drug use study found that Part D did not promote the use of Beers Criteria (BC) drugs among elderly Medicare beneficiaries; rather, there has been a decreasing trend in the use of BC drugs over time regardless of type of insurance coverage. Similarly, Part D did not promote off-label psychotherapeutic drug use among those who had newly obtained drug coverage through Part D. However, dual-eligibles increased off-label psychotherapeutic drug use after Part D went into effect, indicating that the transition of prescription drug costs from Medicaid to Medicare after Part D might have influenced the off-label psychotherapeutic drug use patterns of dual-eligibles. Both inappropriate and off-label drug use rates are remarkably high among elderly Medicare beneficiaries, suggesting that continuing clinical and policy efforts should be established to reduce non-proper use of prescription drugs among elderly Medicare enrollees in order to improve quality prescription drug therapies.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Drugs
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Author : Kavita L. Gajria
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Page : 306 pages
File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 2004
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Drugs
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
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Page : 196 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Drugs
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health
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Page : 108 pages
File Size : 14,74 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Aged
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health
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Page : 106 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Geriatric pharmacology
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