Radiation Oncology Drug Prescription Patterns in Medicare Part D

Medicare. Part D: Prescription drug coverage.

Medicare beneficiaries' knowledge of Part D prescription drug program benefits and responses to drug costs.

CONTEXT Medicare Part D drug benefits include substantial cost sharing. OBJECTIVE To determine beneficiaries' knowledge of benefits and cost responses. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Telephone interviews were conducted in 2007 in a stratified random sample of community-dwelling Kaiser Permanente-Northern California Medicare Advantage beneficiaries aged 65 years or older, with a gap in co...

Patterns of prescription drug expenditures and medication adherence among medicare part D beneficiaries with and without the low-income supplement

BACKGROUND The association between the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy (LIS), gap coverage, and outcomes such as medical expenditures, prescription fills, and medication adherence is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the LIS and these measures for patients within a large, national Part D plan in the United States. METHODS In this cross-s...

The effect of the Medicare Part D prescription benefit on drug utilization and expenditures.

BACKGROUND Information about the effect of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit on drug utilization and expenditures is limited. OBJECTIVE To estimate changes in prescription utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures attributable to Part D among a sample of persons eligible for the benefit. DESIGN Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate changes in expenditures and u...

Choice set size and decision making: the case of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.

BACKGROUND The impact of choice on consumer decision making is controversial in US health policy. OBJECTIVE The authors' objective was to determine how choice set size influences decision making among Medicare beneficiaries choosing prescription drug plans. METHODS The authors randomly assigned members of an Internet-enabled panel age 65 and older to sets of prescription drug plans of varyi...