Relationship between initiation of 340B participation and hospital safety-net engagement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The 340B program allows safety-net hospitals to acquire discounted outpatient drugs and charge payers full price. We examined whether 340B participation increases safety-net engagement.

Data sources

340B participation data, Medicare hospital cost reports, American Hospital Association Survey, and Schedule 990 nonprofit hospital tax returns.

Study design

Quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design comparing 340B hospitals (the "treatment" group) before and after participating to changes over time to three alternative "control" groups: all other nonprofit and public hospitals, hospitals that are not participating during our study, and hospitals that were not-yet-participating but started after 2015. Outcome measures include a range of safety-net care m

SUBMITTER: Nikpay SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7080377 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature