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12703602

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
We examined 2001 prescription drug claims for a range of employer-based retiree plans administered by a national pharmacy benefit management firm, to understand how use and spending differ with various cost-sharing approaches and other drug use management techniques among the elderly. In these plans, most of which had generous benefits and substantial use of mail order, more aggressive cost-sharing requirements combined with other management strategies were associated with greater member cost sharing, a shift to less costly medications (generic and mail order), and lower total prescription drug spending. Although we did not find lower rates of use in plans with aggressive cost sharing, this may be attributable in part to their higher drug use associated with mail-order incentives.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0278-2715
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
Suppl Web Exclusives
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
W408-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of health plan design and management on retirees' prescription drug use and spending, 2001.
pubmed:affiliation
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.