Effects of Prescription Drug Insurance on Hospitalization and Mortality : Evidence from Medicare Part D
We examine whether obtaining prescription drug insurance through the Medicare Part D program affected hospital admissions, expenditures associated with those admissions, and mortality. We use a large, geographically diverse sample of Medicare beneficiaries and exploit the natural experiment of Medicare Part D to obtain estimates of the effect of prescription drug insurance on hospitalizations and mortality. Results indicate that obtaining prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D was associated with an 8% decrease in the number of hospital admissions, a 7% decrease in Medicare expenditures, and a 12% decrease in total resource use. Gaining prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D was not significantly associated with mortality
Year of publication: |
2014
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Authors: | Kaestner, Robert |
Other Persons: | Long, Cuiping (contributor) ; Alexander, G. (contributor) |
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[2014]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Sterblichkeit | Mortality | Arzneimittel | Pharmaceuticals | Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung | Public health insurance | Krankenhauskosten | Hospital costs | Krankenhaus | Hospital | Wirkungsanalyse | Impact assessment |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (42 p) |
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Series: | NBER Working Paper ; No. w19948 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 2014 erstellt |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057818