Association Between Cost Sharing and Naloxone Prescription Dispensing.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Increasing access to naloxone (an opioid antagonist that can reverse overdose) could slow the US opioid epidemic. Prior studies suggest cost sharing may be a barrier to dispensing of naloxone prescriptions, but these studies were limited by their cross-sectional designs and use of databases that do not capture prescriptions that are not filled (abandoned).

Objective

To evaluate the association between cost sharing and naloxone prescription abandonment (nondispensing of naloxone prescriptions).

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional, regression discontinuity analysis exploited the fact that deductibles typically reset at the beginning of the year in commercial and Medicare plans. The included data were derived from the 2020-2021 IQVIA Formula

SUBMITTER: Chua KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11177218 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature