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New Study Measures Effects of Medicare Part D on Prescription Drug Use, Cost Sharing for Senior Beneficiaries

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, March 6th, 2009

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, and Adheris, Inc., an inVentiv Health company, announce a new study highlighting the effects of Medicare Part D coverage on the use of selected essential drugs and out-of-pocket spending among seniors without prior drug coverage.

Study investigators found that although the implementation of the Medicare Part D benefit was associated with a sizable initial reduction in out-of-pocket drug spending and a meaningful increase in the use of selected essential medications, the benefit was not evenly distributed throughout the year. Many patients reached the coverage gap (or “doughnut hole”) before the...

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