Decomposing changes in the growth of U.S. prescription drug use and expenditures, 1999-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze factors associated with changes in prescription drug use and expenditures in the United States from 1999 to 2016, a period of rapid growth, deceleration, and resumed above-average growth.

Data sources/study setting

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), containing household and pharmacy information on over five million prescription drug fills.

Study design

We use nonparametric decomposition to analyze drug use, average payment per fill, and per capita expenditure, tracking the contributions over time of socioeconomic characteristics, health status and treated conditions, insurance coverage, and market factors surrounding the patent cycle.

Data collection/extraction methods

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data were combined with infor

SUBMITTER: Selden TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606541 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature