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Stuart, B. (P.I.), "Impact of Prescription Drug Coverage on Medicare Program Expenditures-A Case Study of the UMWA," Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 500-00-0032, (2002-2003).

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Impact of Prescription Drug Coverage on Medicare
Program Expenditures-A Case Study of the UMWA

The University of Maryland Baltimore was a subcontractor with Abt Associates under this CMS contract designed to: (1) estimate the predictability of beneficiaries drug spending, (2) assess the impact of drug coverage on other Medicare spending, and (3) establish the feasibility of finding a comparison group to evaluate the UMWA demonstration.

Publications

Wrobel, M., Doshi, J., Stuart, B., Briesacher, B., (2003) “Predictability of Drug Expenditures for Medicare  Beneficiaries,” Health Care Financing Review, 25(2):37-46. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/review/03_04winter/

Briesacher, B., Stuart, B., Doshi, J., and Wrobel, M. (2005)  “Medicare Beneficiaries and the Impact of Gaining Prescription Drug Coverage on Inpatient and Physician Spending,”  Health Services Research, in press (August 2005).

Stuart, B., Doshi, J., Briesacher, B., Wrobel, M., Baysac, F. (2004)  “Impact of Does Prescription Coverage on Hospital and Physician Costs: A Case Study of Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,” Clinical Therapeutics 26(10):1688-1699.

Presentations

Stuart, B., Briesacher, B., Doshi, J., Wrobel, M., Baysac, F.  “The Impact of Prescription Drug Coverage on Drug  and Non-Drug Spending Under Medicare,”  AcademyHealth annual meetings, San Diego, June 6, 2004.

Stuart, B., Doshi, J., Briesacher, B., Wrobel, M. “Cost Offsets from Prescription Coverage of Aged Persons with COPD,”  International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Barcelona, Spain, November 10, 2003.

Wrobel, M., Stuart, B., Briesacher, B., Doshi, J., “The Predictability of Medicare Drug Expenditures,”  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, June 25, 2003.

Wrobel, M., Stuart, B., Briesacher, B., Doshi, J.  “Design Issues for the Evaluation of Prescription Drug Programs,” AcademyHealth annual meetings, San Diego, June 7, 2004.

 

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