Prescription Drug Expenditures and Population Demographics

Prescription drug expenditures rising--too fast?

National trends in prescription drug expenditures and projections for 2016.

PURPOSE Historical trends and factors likely to influence future pharmaceutical expenditures are discussed, and projections are made for drug spending in 2016 in nonfederal hospitals, clinics, and overall (all sectors). METHODS Drug expenditure data through calendar year 2015 were obtained from the IMS Health National Sales Perspectives database and analyzed. Other factors that may influence ...

Prescription Drug Use and Expenditures Among Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

Using Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) claims files for 1999 and 2001, the authors describe patterns of prescription drug use and expenditures among dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for all Medicaid full dually eligible beneficiaries and three important subgroups: (1) aged, (2) disabled, and (3) full-year nursing home residents. The analyses indicate great variation in use and...

Controlling prescription drug expenditures: a report of success.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a multi-interventional program can limit increases in prescription drug expenditures while maintaining utilization of needed medications. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental, pre-post design. METHODS The program included formulary changes, quantity limits, and mandatory pill splitting for select drugs implemented in phases. We assessed the short-term effects of ea...

Predictability of Prescription Drug Expenditures for Medicare Beneficiaries

MCBS data are used to analyze the predictability of drug expenditures by Medicare beneficiaries. Predictors include demographic characteristics and measures of health status, the majority derived using CMS' diagnosis cost group/hierarchical condition category (DCG/HCC) risk-adjustment methodology. In prospective models, demographic variables explained 5 percent of the variation in drug expendit...