Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2543657 | Journal of the American Pharmacists Association | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Although total health care expenditures increased after a monthly pharmacy benefit in a Medicaid population was expanded, a subpopulation of recipients identified as high pharmacy users before the expansion did not have a statistically significant increase in medical expenditures, whereas those who were non-high users experienced a significant increase. Additionally, this subpopulation experienced a nonsignificant decrease in hospital expenditures. These results could suggest that this subpopulation was affected differently than the overall population by the expansion of the Medicaid pharmacy benefit.
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Authors
Tara L. (Graduate student), Donald L. (Associate Professor), Elgene W. (Associate Professor), Barbara R. (Professor), Tracy M. (Associate Professor),