Impact of Multitiered Copayments on the Use and Cost of Prescription Drugs Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Boyd Gilman and John Kautter

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Abstract: This article reports on a study that exploits cross-sectional variation on copayment structures among firms with a self-insured retiree health plan to measure the impact of the number of copayment tiers on total and enrollee drug payments, number of prescriptions filled, and generic substitution.

Keywords: Prescription Drugs; Cost Sharing; Medicare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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