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. 2004 Spring;25(3):69-78.

Trends in Medicaid prescribed drug expenditures and utilization

Carl D Tepper  1 , Terry R Lied
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Trends in Medicaid prescribed drug expenditures and utilization

Carl D Tepper et al. Health Care Financ Rev. 2004 Spring.

Abstract

The findings show that with the development of a multitude of safe and effective drugs during the later part of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, drugs are, as never before, a true mainstay of medical treatment. CMS continues to monitor drug utilization and expenditures in all of its programs in order to ensure that care is rendered in a cost-effective manner that is beneficial to the patient. This highlight summarizes trends in drug expenditures and utilization in the Medicaid Program.

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Figure 1. FFS Medicaid Expenditures for Prescribed Drugs, by Federal Fiscal Year: 1985-2001
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Figure 2. FFS Medicaid Prescribed Drug Expenditures as Percent of Total FFS Medicaid Expenditures, by Federal Fiscal Year: 1985-2001
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Figure 3. Percent FFS Prescribed Drug Expenditures, by Age: Federal Fiscal Year 2000
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Figure 4. Percent Change in FFS Medicaid Prescribed Drug Expenditures, by Age: Federal Fiscal Years 1999 Versus 2000
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Figure 5. Top 10 States in Medicaid FFS Expenditures for Prescribed Drugs: Federal Fiscal Year 2001
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Figure 6. Relationship Between Percent Aged and Average FFS Prescriptions Per Medicaid Beneficiary, by Top 10 States in Prescribed Drug Expenditures: Federal Fiscal Year 2001
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Figure 7. Average Number of FFS Medicaid Prescription Claims Per Beneficiary: Top 10 States in FFS Medicaid Prescribed Drug Expenditures, Federal Fiscal Year 2001
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Figure 8. Average Payment Per FFS Prescriptions: Top 10 States in FFS Prescribed Drug Expenditures, Federal Fiscal Year 2001
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References

    1. Social Security Administration. Baltimore, Maryland: Compilation of the Social Security Laws Social Security Act, Section 1927(a)(1) Internet address: http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title19/1927.htm (Accessed September 2003.)

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