The Impact of Medicare Part D on Emergency Department Visits

Padmaja Ayyagari, Dan M. Shane and George L. Wehby

Health Economics, 2017, vol. 26, issue 4, 536-544

Abstract: The Medicare Part D program introduced prescription drug coverage for seniors in 2006. We examine the impact of this program on the use of emergency department (ED) care. Using a difference‐in‐differences model, we find declines in the number of ED visits for non‐emergency care but not for emergency care, suggesting that Part D may have led to better management of health and reduced unnecessary use of EDs. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2017
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