Utilization and Spending With Preventive Drug Lists for Asthma Medications in High-Deductible Health Plans.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

High-deductible health plans with health savings accounts (HDHP-HSAs) incentivize patients to use less health care, including necessary care. Preventive drug lists (PDLs) exempt high-value medications from the deductible, reducing out-of-pocket cost sharing; the associations of PDLs with health outcomes among patients with asthma is unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the associations of a PDL for asthma medications on utilization, adverse outcomes, and patient spending for HDHP-HSA enrollees with asthma.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-control study used matched groups of patients with asthma before and after an insurance design change using a national commercial health insurance claims data set from 2004-2017. Participants included patients aged 4

SUBMITTER: Sinaiko AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10466161 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature