Sources of Regional Variation in Medicare Part D Drug Spending
Author(s) -
Julie M. Donohue,
Nancy E. Morden,
Walid F. Gellad,
Julie Bynum,
Weiping Zhou,
Joseph T. Hanlon,
Jonathan Skinner
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1104816
Subject(s) - medicine , variation (astronomy) , medicare part d , medical prescription , regional variation , selection (genetic algorithm) , prescription drug , drug , pharmacology , advertising , physics , artificial intelligence , astrophysics , computer science , business
Sources of regional variation in spending for prescription drugs under Medicare Part D are poorly understood, and such variation may reflect differences in health status, use of effective treatments, or selection of branded drugs over lower-cost generics.
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