Since 2006 numerous insurers have stopped serving the low-income segment of the Medicare Part D program, forcing millions of beneficiaries…
The widespread geographic variation in Medicare spending has garnered a great deal of attention in the health care reform debate, both as a…
Objective: To examine the impact of the Medicare drug benefit (Part D) on the distribution of out-of-pocket pharmacy spending among older…
The Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, enacted in 2003,
substantially reduced payment rates for…
Background: Little is known about how Medicare Part D affects the medication refill adherence for cardiovascular and diabetes medications,…
The positive correlation in utilization and lack of correlation in spending implies an inverse correlation in prices. This is consistent…
Many elderly people spend their final days in nursing homes.
For them, high-quality end-of-life care is an important component of
their…
“Nic and Jules are your average suburban couple raising their two teens, Joni and Laser . But when the kids secretly track down their…