Utilization, Spending, and Price Trends for Quinolones in the US Medicaid Programs: 25 Years' Experience 1991-2015.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Given that the quinolones is one of the antibacterial classes most frequently used to treat patients with bacterial infections in the United States, any change in prescribing patterns of quinolones will impact Medicaid medical expenditures. OBJECTIVES:This study was undertaken to examine trends in utilization, reimbursement, and prices of quinolone antibacterials for the US Medicaid population. METHODS:The publicly available Medicaid State Drug Utilization outpatient pharmacy files were used for this study. Quarterly and annual prescription counts and reimbursement amounts were calculated for each of the quinolones reimbursed by Medicaid from quarter 1, 1991 through quarter 2, 2015. Average per-prescription reimbursement, as a proxy for drug price, was calculated as the drug rei

SUBMITTER: Almalki ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5691846 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature