Will Part D Produce Savings in Part A and Part B? The Impact of Prescription Drug Coverage on Medicare Program Expenditures

• Päätekijät: Bruce C. Stuart (Tekijä), Becky A. Briesacher (Tekijä), Jalpa A. Doshi (Tekijä), Marian V. Wrobel (Tekijä), Fatima Baysac (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: SAGE Publishing, 2007-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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This paper addresses the question of whether prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries is associated with lower spending for hospital and physician services. We discuss the theoretical rationale for this relationship and the empirical challenges in estimating it. We then test the hypothe...