Publications

Pharmaceutical Formularies: The Right Formula for Cost and Utilization? August 2004

States’ Issues and Concerns with Implementation of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage July 2004

New Research Highlights Effects of Medigap Reform October 2003

Shifting Responsibilities: Models of Defined Contribution February 2002

Annual Research Meeting Resources

2004 Presentations by Session

Search recent abstracts relating to Prescription Drugs

• Focus on Prescription Drug Use: Data from the National Center for Health Statistics
• Prescription Drugs & Behavioral Health
• Medicare Beneficiaries & Prescription Drugs
• Will the New Medicare Drug Plan Lead to Lower Spending on Medical Services?
• Medicare Drug Benefits
• The United States in a World Prescription Drug Market

2004 National Health Policy Conference Resources

Medicare & Prescription Drugs

HCFO-Sponsored Research Projects

The Role of Benefit Design in Enrollment, Use and Spending in State Prescription Drug Assistance Programs for Seniors - Lessons for Medicare

Establishing the Value of Stable Prescription Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries

The Painful Prescription: Revisited

The Impact of Pharmaceutical Formularies on Prescription Drug and Health Care Costs and Utilization

Prescription Benefit Comprehensiveness and Costs of Care in Elderly Persons with Chronic Illness: The Medicare Enrollee Drug Study (MEDS)

See additional research projects funded under the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative