Part D Plan Switching Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Most Medicare schizophrenia patients were randomly assigned in 2006 to one of 409 benchmark plans. This study examined plan switching and factors affecting switching among beneficiaries with schizophrenia.

Methods

The data were 2006 Medicare pharmacy data for three groups of schizophrenia patients: those with Medicaid coverage ("dual eligibles"; N=93,705), Medicare beneficiaries with a low-income subsidy (N=56,148), and Medicare beneficiaries without the subsidy (N=36,107). Switching frequency and how patient and plan characteristics affected switching were examined.

Results

Beneficiaries who switched their Part D plan at least once included 10.7% of the dual eligibles, 9.8% of those with a subsidy, and 5.5% of those without. Several factors affected likelih

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591078 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature