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Employer drug benefit plans and spending on prescription drugs
- Source :
- JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. Oct 9, 2002, Vol. 288 Issue 14, p1733, 7 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Increasing co-payments for drugs and forcing doctors to prescribe generic drugs can reduce spending on prescription drugs, according to a study of 420,786 Americans whose health insurance plans included a drug benefit. However, this means consumers will have to pay more for their prescription drugs. In this study, out-of-pocket costs increased from 17.6% of total drug purchases to 25.6%.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00987484
- Volume :
- 288
- Issue :
- 14
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.93451709