Association between physician adoption of a new oral anti-diabetic medication and Medicare and Medicaid drug spending

• Main Authors: Ilinca D. Metes (Author), Lingshu Xue (Author), Chung-Chou H. Chang (Author), Haiden A. Huskamp (Author), Walid F. Gellad (Author), Wei-Hs (Author), Niteesh K. Choudhry (Author), Seth Richards-Shubik (Author), Hasan Guclu (Author), Julie M. Donohue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In the United States, there is well-documented regional variation in prescription drug spending. However, the specific role of physician adoption of brand name drugs on the variation in patient-level prescription drug spending is still being investigated across a multitude of dru...