Adequacy of Prescription Drug Coverage in Long-term Care.

ABSTRACT:

Research objective

Affordable access to medications is important to Medicare enrollees in long-term care (LTC), yet, it is unknown if prescription drug coverage is universal and adequate to meet their high medication needs.

Study design

We assessed enrollment in prescription drug coverage, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments and medication use in a nationwide LTC database of prescription-level, resident-level, and facility-level data for the period 2011-2013. Inadequate drug coverage was defined as ≥50% medications paid for OOP. Risk-adjusted generalized estimation equations models were estimated to identify predictors of inadequate drug coverage and total prescription fills.

Population studied

A nationwide sample of 332,087 Medicare enrollees observed >100 days in LTC.

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SUBMITTER: Briesacher B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7580869 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature