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. 2006 Spring;27(3):123-32.

Trends and current drug utilization patterns of Medicaid beneficiaries

Terry R Lied  1 , Julio Gonzalez, Wendy Taparanskas, Tejas Shukla
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Trends and current drug utilization patterns of Medicaid beneficiaries

Terry R Lied et al. Health Care Financ Rev. 2006 Spring.

Abstract

This study used national Medicaid data from 1994-2003 to investigate trends in noninstitutional drug utilization and expenditures in the Medicaid Program. We found that there was a substantial increase in both drug utilization and expenditures during this timeframe. Increased utilization resulted from increases in Medicaid enrollment, the mean number of prescriptions per enrollee, mean nominal and inflation-adjusted reimbursement per prescription, and the tendency for increased use of more expensive drugs. The top 40 drugs accounted for nearly $14.4 billion, roughly 43 percent of the total drug reimbursements for calendar year (CY) 2003.

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Figure 1. Change in Medical Consumer Price Index (MCPI) Versus Mean Medicaid Prescription Reimbursement: Calendar Years 1994-2003
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Figure 2. Medicaid Mean Reimbursements in Nominal and Constant (2003) Dollars: Calendar Years 1994-2003
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Figure 3. Medicaid Reimbursements Top 40 Drugs Versus All Other Drugs: Calendar Years 1994-2003
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