Add to ORKGAs policymakers consider whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, they need to understand the relationship between insurance coverage and the adoption of new medical technologies, including drugs. Even the direction of these relationships is not always so clear. In this Issue Brief, Drs. Danzon and Pauly examine the shift from inpatient to outpatient care in the last 20 years, and ask two broad questions: to what extent was this shift encouraged by changes in insurance, and to what extent was insurance coverage influenced by this shift
Importance: The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed to reform drug pricing...
Nations are struggling to expand access to essential medications while curbing rising health and dru...
Medicaid reimburses healthcare providers for services at a lower rate than any other type of insuran...
As policymakers consider whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, they need to...
This paper examines the contribution of insurance coverage to the recent unprecedented growth in spe...
The continuing debate over the issue of Medicare coverage for outpatient prescription drugs gave ris...
This issue brief analyzes the increase in Medicare Part D premiums over the past year and finds, on ...
Prescription drug expenditures make up less than 10 percent of total personal health care expenditur...
In 1965, Congress modeled Medicare’s original package of benefits after those offered by Blue Cross ...
Recently, many U.S. employers have adopted less generous prescription drug benefits. In addition, th...
This issue brief examines changes to prescription drug benefit coverage in large-employer plans and ...
Medicare Part D began coverage of prescription drugs in 2006. Rather than setting pharmaceutical pri...
In 1992, Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program that requires drug manufacturers to provide ...
Medicaid reimburses healthcare providers for services at a lower rate than any other type of insuran...
During the last several years, spending on prescription drugs in the U.S. increased at a 15% annual ...
Importance: The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed to reform drug pricing...
Nations are struggling to expand access to essential medications while curbing rising health and dru...
Medicaid reimburses healthcare providers for services at a lower rate than any other type of insuran...
As policymakers consider whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, they need to...
This paper examines the contribution of insurance coverage to the recent unprecedented growth in spe...
The continuing debate over the issue of Medicare coverage for outpatient prescription drugs gave ris...
This issue brief analyzes the increase in Medicare Part D premiums over the past year and finds, on ...
Prescription drug expenditures make up less than 10 percent of total personal health care expenditur...
In 1965, Congress modeled Medicare’s original package of benefits after those offered by Blue Cross ...
Recently, many U.S. employers have adopted less generous prescription drug benefits. In addition, th...
This issue brief examines changes to prescription drug benefit coverage in large-employer plans and ...
Medicare Part D began coverage of prescription drugs in 2006. Rather than setting pharmaceutical pri...
In 1992, Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program that requires drug manufacturers to provide ...
Medicaid reimburses healthcare providers for services at a lower rate than any other type of insuran...
During the last several years, spending on prescription drugs in the U.S. increased at a 15% annual ...
Importance: The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed to reform drug pricing...
Nations are struggling to expand access to essential medications while curbing rising health and dru...
Medicaid reimburses healthcare providers for services at a lower rate than any other type of insuran...