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. 2022 Jun 17;3(6):e221435.
doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.1435. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Assessment of US Pharmacies Contracted With Health Care Institutions Under the 340B Drug Pricing Program by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics

John K Lin  1   2   3 , Pengxiang Li  1 , Jalpa A Doshi  1   2 , Sunita M Desai  4
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Assessment of US Pharmacies Contracted With Health Care Institutions Under the 340B Drug Pricing Program by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics

John K Lin et al. JAMA Health Forum. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses pharmacy participation in the 340B Drug Pricing Program following the 2010 expansion and the extent to which growth has occurred in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Li reported personal fees from HealthStatistics LLC and Covia Health Solutions outside the submitted work. Dr Doshi reported grants from Humana, Janssen, Merck, Novartis, PAN Foundation, Regeneron, and Sanofi, and personal fees from AbbVie, Acadia, Boehringer Ingelheim, Catabasis, Janssen, MeiraGTx, Merck, Otsuka, SAGE Therapeutics, Takeda, and The Medicines Company, all unrelated to and outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Number and Percentage of Pharmacies Contracting With a 340B Health Care Institution From 2006 to 2019, Overall and by Type of Pharmacy
A, The number of US pharmacies contracting with a 340B health care institution by pharmacy type. B, The percentage of US pharmacies contracting with a 340B health care institution by pharmacy type. The dotted vertical lines divide the time series prior to and after the Affordable Care Act, which starting April 2010, allowed 340B health care institutions to contract with an unlimited number of pharmacies. Data on 340B contract pharmacies are from the 340B Office of Pharmacy Affairs database. Data on US pharmacies are from the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System National Provider Identifier registry.
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