Analysis of Prescriptions Dispensed After Death and Associated Medicare Spending Following Reimbursement Policy Changes in Medicare

Scott M Vouri; Earl J Morris; Yongkang Zhang

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14357

Analysis of Prescriptions Dispensed After Death and Associated Medicare Spending Following Reimbursement Policy Changes in Medicare

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2314357. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14357.

Authors

Scott M Vouri^{1

2}, Earl J Morris¹, Yongkang Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville.
² Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety, University of Florida, Gainesville.
³ Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study examined the association of a prescription drug event edit policy change with prescriptions dispensed after the deaths of beneficiaries and estimated Medicare spending.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Medicare Part D*
Prescriptions
United States

Grants and funding

K08 AG066854/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States