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Prescription drug coverage and effects on drug expenditures among elderly Medicare beneficiaries.(Medicare and the Elderly)
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Health Services Research
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Huh, Soonim; Rice, Thomas; Ettner, Susan L.
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Objective. To identify determinants of drug coverage among elderly Medicare beneficiaries and to investigate the impact of drug coverage on drug expenditures with and without taking selection bias into account.
Data Sources/Study Setting. The primary data were from the 2000 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Cost and Use file, linked to other data sources at the county or state-level that provided instrumental variables. Community-dwelling elderly Medicare beneficiaries who completed the survey were included in the study (N = 7,525). A probit regression to predict the probability of having drug coverage and the effects of drug coverage on drug expenditures was estimated by a two ...
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
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Knox, Richard A.;
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INDSTRY GROUP 80;
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282 words
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