Pharmacy Subscription Program and Medication Refills, Days' Supply, and Out-of-Pocket Costs.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medication nonadherence imposes high morbidity, mortality, and costs but is challenging to address given its multiple causes. Subscription models are increasingly used in health care to encourage healthy behaviors; in January 2023, Amazon Pharmacy launched RxPass, a subscription program offering Amazon Prime members (hereafter, company members) in 45 states access to 60 common generic medications for a flat $5 monthly fee.

Objective

To evaluate the associations of program enrollment with medication refills, days' supply, and out-of-pocket costs.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective, population-based cohort study, a difference-in-differences approach with doubly robust estimation was used to assess outcomes 6 months before and after progra

SUBMITTER: Yeung K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11774089 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature