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

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Medical practice in the United States has changed dramatically in the last several decades,
especially with more frequent use of prescription drugs. A higher volume and better-quality …

ContextMany health plans have instituted more cost sharing to discourage use of more
expensive pharmaceuticals and to reduce drug spending. ObjectiveTo determine how …

Background A large proportion of Americans are enrolled in 3-tier pharmacy benefit plans.
We studied whether patients enrolled in such plans who receive generic or preferred brand …

Background Many employers and health plans have adopted incentive-based formularies in
an attempt to control prescription-drug costs. Methods We used claims data to compare the …

Objectives: To determine whether patients respond to increased cost sharing by substituting
less expensive alternatives for medications with higher levels of copayments or coinsurance …

As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income
countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients …

This text is the result of 18 years of teaching a course in health insurance and managed care
to both master's and doctoral students. The course has been presented in a variety of …

Background Growing expenditures on prescription medicines represent a major challenge
to many health systems. Cap and co‐payment policies are intended as an incentive to deter …