This paper examines the relationship betweenMedicaid pharmacy ben-efit restrictions and reports of prescription cost barriers by beneficia-ries, and the relationship between prescription cost barriers and hospitalizations. The analysis uses data for adultMedicaid beneficiaries from the 2000–2001 and 2003 Community Tracking Survey household surveys, combined with data on states ’ Medicaid pharmacy benefit restrictions and characteristics of local health-caremarkets. Estimation results show that stateMedicaid restrictions are associatedwith a higher incidence of reported drug cost barriers and that Medicaid recipients who report prescription cost barriers experience a greater number of hospitalizations. Over 52 million low-income individuals ...
The political outcry over prescription drug costs has been one of the most vociferous in recent memo...
Abstract This study investigates the factors that underlie large variation in Medic-aid and Children...
While politicians wage legislative battles about welfare benefits, bureaucratic procedures represent...
This paper examines the relationship between Medicaid pharmacy benefit restrictions and reports of ...
We present the first systematic analysis of state policies limiting prescription drug access under ...
This paper provides a brief summary of the Medicaid prescription drug benefit. It explains the mecha...
Several states have enacted restrictive drug formularies in order to control the costs of their Medi...
The goal of this research project was to identify and to examine how state Medicaid programs are gra...
Background: Medicaid programs face growing pressure to control spending. Despite evidence of clinica...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Spending...
The U.S. Congress passed a new law (PL 101-508) in 1990 requiring the pharmaceutical manufacturers t...
BACKGROUND. Many state Medicaid programs limit the number of reimbursable medications that a patient...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Spending...
Medicaid is a joint federal-state entitlement program that pays for medical services on behalf of ce...
State-sponsored pharmacy assistance programs (SPAPs) provide prescription drug coverage for low-inco...
The political outcry over prescription drug costs has been one of the most vociferous in recent memo...
Abstract This study investigates the factors that underlie large variation in Medic-aid and Children...
While politicians wage legislative battles about welfare benefits, bureaucratic procedures represent...
This paper examines the relationship between Medicaid pharmacy benefit restrictions and reports of ...
We present the first systematic analysis of state policies limiting prescription drug access under ...
This paper provides a brief summary of the Medicaid prescription drug benefit. It explains the mecha...
Several states have enacted restrictive drug formularies in order to control the costs of their Medi...
The goal of this research project was to identify and to examine how state Medicaid programs are gra...
Background: Medicaid programs face growing pressure to control spending. Despite evidence of clinica...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Spending...
The U.S. Congress passed a new law (PL 101-508) in 1990 requiring the pharmaceutical manufacturers t...
BACKGROUND. Many state Medicaid programs limit the number of reimbursable medications that a patient...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Spending...
Medicaid is a joint federal-state entitlement program that pays for medical services on behalf of ce...
State-sponsored pharmacy assistance programs (SPAPs) provide prescription drug coverage for low-inco...
The political outcry over prescription drug costs has been one of the most vociferous in recent memo...
Abstract This study investigates the factors that underlie large variation in Medic-aid and Children...
While politicians wage legislative battles about welfare benefits, bureaucratic procedures represent...