Demographics and the Cost of Pharmaceuticals in a Private Third-Party Prescription Program
作者： Soyal Momin
DOI: 10.18553/JMCP.2000.6.5.395
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摘要: OBJECTIVE: To compare variance in the cost of pharmaceuticals attributable to demographic variables with explained by plan characteristics, using prescription claims data within various therapeutic categories, and examine differences average among after controlling for covariates. DESIGN: Retrospective, cross-sectional study. DATA COLLECTION: Data this study were obtained from 1996 information commercial population administered a Rhode Island-based pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company. Six categories highest expenditures analyzed. Information on six drug was extracted database software. Statistical analyses multiple regression analysis covariance carried out. RESULTS: Plan characteristics outperformed sixteenfold all combined explaining pl...
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