Objective: To evaluate the relationship between generic and brand copayment differentials
and generic fill rate (GFR). Study Design: Cross-sectional. Methods: Aggregate-level retail …

Using pharmacy benefits manager claims data, this study analyzed how cost-management
techniques including cost sharing affected enrollees in health maintenance organizations …

Objective. To calculate the financial impact of underuse of generic medications in state
Medicaid programs. Data Sources/Study Setting. State‐by‐state data on Medicaid drug …

BACKGROUND: Health plans are using 3-tier copayment designs and other methods to
control utilization that shifts drug costs to plan members. There is a need to determine the …

With increased attention focused on prescription drug programs, expenditures, and
coverage, interest also has increased in drug program cost control measures, in particular …

BACKGROUND: Promotion of prescription drug coupons and vouchers by pharmaceutical
manufacturers has increased in recent years. These coupons and vouchers usually …

ContextPrescription drugs are instrumental to managing and preventing chronic disease.
Recent changes in US prescription drug cost sharing could affect access to them …

Impacts of Generic Competition and Benefit Management Practices on Spending for
Prescription Drugs: Evidence from Medicare’s Part D Benefit - PMC Back to Top Skip to …

Objective To examine the impact of the coverage gap on pharmacy use, expenditures, and
out-of-pocket costs for Medicare managed care beneficiaries before and after reaching the …

Restrictive drug formularies may influence physician prescribing behavior for other patients
with more generous drug benefit, so‐called “spillover effects.” We focus on Protonix, a …