A. “Hospital care for people with dementia 2016–17,” (August 2019, .pdf format, 17p.).
B. “Dispensing patterns for anti-dementia medications 2016–17,” (August 2019, .pdf format, 23p.).
A. “Hospital care for people with dementia 2016–17,” (August 2019, .pdf format, 17p.).
B. “Dispensing patterns for anti-dementia medications 2016–17,” (August 2019, .pdf format, 23p.).
“Medicare Part B Drug Payments: Impact of Price Substitutions Based on 2017 Average Sales Prices,” (OEI-03-19-00260, August 2019, .pdf format, 12p.).
“Prescription Drug Use Among Adults Aged 40–79 in the United States and Canada,” by Craig M. Hales, Jennifer Servais, Crescent B. Martin, and Dafna Kohen (Data Brief No. 347, August 2019, HTML and .pdf format, 8p.).
“A Look at Recent Proposals to Control Drug Spending by Medicare and its Beneficiaries,” by Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman (August 2019, HTML and .pdf format, 27p.).
“Rx Price Watch Report: Trends in Retail Prices of Specialty Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans, 2017 Year-End Update,” by Leigh Purvis and Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer (June 2019, .pdf format, 25p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2019/trends-in-retail-prices-of-drugs.html?INTCMP=RDRCT-PPI-HEALTH-040919
“How Many Medicare Part D Enrollees Had High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs in 2017?” by Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Anthony Damico (June 2019, .pdf format, 12p.).
“The Complex Web of Prescription Drug Prices, Part III: Examining Agency Efforts to Further Competition and Increase Affordability,” a hearing held June 19, 2019 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 1 hour 41 minutes). Note: The hearing begins at the 13:43 mark.
“The Effect of Medicare Part D on Evergreening, Generic Entry, and Drug Prices,” by Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher and Gal Wettstein (WP No.2019-8, May 2019, .pdf and Excel format, 24p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
“Specialty Drug Pricing and Out-of-Pocket Spending on Orally Administered Anticancer Drugs in Medicare Part D, 2010 to 2019,” by Stacie B. Dusetzina, Haiden A. Huskamp, and Nancy L. Keating (Vol. 321, No. 20, May 28, 2019, p. 2025-2027).
A. “Strategies Used by Adults Aged 65 and Over to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs, 2016–2017,” by Robin A. Cohen and Peter Boersma (NCHS Data Brief No. 335, May 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db335.htm
B. “Trends in Cancer and Heart Disease Death Rates Among Adults Aged 45–64: United States, 1999–2017,” by Sally C. Curtin (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 68, No. 5, May 2019, .pdf format, 8p.).
“Prescription Drug Coverage in the Medicare Program,” a hearing held April 30, 2019 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 2 hours 9 minutes). Note: Hearing starts at the 11:10 mark, and ends at the 2:23:50 mark.
“Rx Price Watch Report: Trends in Retail Prices of Generic Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans: 2017 Year-End Update,” by Leigh Purvis, and Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer (April 2019, .pdf format, 23p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2016/trends-in-retail-prices-of-drugs.html
“Specialty Drugs in Breast Cancer: Health Care Utilization and Costs in the First Year after Diagnosis,” by Elizabeth Carter and Leigh Purvis (March 2019, .pdf format, 4p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2019/specialty-drugs-in-breast-cancer-health-care-utilization.html
“Prices for and Spending on Specialty Drugs in Medicare Part D and Medicaid: An In-Depth Analysis,” by Anna Anderson-Cook, Jared Maeda, and Lyle Nelson (Working Paper 2019-02, March 2019, .pdf format, 58p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
“Promoting Competition to Lower Medicare Drug Prices,” a hearing held March 7, 2019 (witness statements available in .pdf format).
waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/promoting-competition-lower-medicare-drug-prices
Video of the full hearing available at (running time 2 hours 19 minutes):
A. “The Complex Web of Prescription Drug Prices, Part I: Patients Struggling with Rising Costs,” a hearing held March 6, 2019 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available on the site, running time 1 hour 56 minutes). Note: The hearing begins at the 16:04 mark.
B. “The Complex Web of Prescription Drug Prices, Part II: Untangling the Web and Paths Forward,” a hearing held March 7, 2019 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available on the site, running time 1 hour 32 minutes). Note: The hearing begins at the 17:19 mark.
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “How Many Life-Years Have New Drugs Saved? A 3-Way Fixed-Effects Analysis of 66 Diseases in 27 Countries, 2000-2013,” by Frank R. Lichtenberg (w25483, January 2019, .pdf format, 23p.).
B. “The Impact of a Wartime Health Shock on the Postwar Socioeconomic Status and Mortality of Union Army Veterans and their Children,” by Dora Costa, Noelle Yetter, and Heather DeSomer (w25480, January 2019, .pdf format, 47p.).
C. “Is There a Demand for Reverse Mortgages in China? Evidence from Two Online Surveys,” by Katja Hanewald, Hazel Bateman, Hanming Fang, and Shang Wu (w25491, January 2019, .pdf format, 35p.).
“The Out-of-Pocket Cost Burden for Specialty Drugs in Medicare Part D in 2019,” by Juliette Cubanski, Wyatt Koma, and Tricia Neuman (January 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 16p.).
“Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D Would Benefit Drug Manufacturers More Than Beneficiaries,” by Shawn Bishop (January 2019).
“Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Educational Intervention on Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Older Adults: The D-PRESCRIBE Randomized Clinical Trial,” by Philippe Martin, Robyn Tamblyn, Andrea Benedetti, Sara Ahmed, and Cara Tannenbaum (Vol. 320, No. 18, November 13, 2018, p. 1889-1898).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2714531
“Rx Price Watch Report: Trends in Retail Prices of Brand Name Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans: 2017 Year-End Update,” by Leigh Purvis and Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer (September 2018, .pdf format, 24p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2016/trends-in-retail-prices-of-drugs.html
“Reducing Potential Overuse of Dementia Drugs Could Lead to Considerable Savings,” by Elizabeth A. Carter and Leigh Purvis (August 2018, .pdf format, 6p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2018/reducing-potential-overuse-of-dementia-drugs-could-lead-to-consi.html
A. “Medicare Spending on Brand-name Combination Medications vs Their Generic Constituents,” by Chana A. Sacks, ChangWon C. Lee, Aaron S. Kesselheim, and Jerry Avorn (Vol. 320, No. 7, August 21, 2018, p. 650-656).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2697695
B. “Association of Cardiovascular Health Level in Older Age With Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia,” by Cécilia Samieri, Marie-Cécile Perier, Bamba Gaye, Cécile Proust-Lima, Catherine Helmer, Jean-François Dartigues, Claudine Berr, Christophe Tzourio, and Jean-Philippe Empana (Vol. 320, No. 7, August 21, 2018, p. 657-664).
“Medicare Part B Drug Payments: Impact of Price Substitutions Based on 2016 Average Sales Prices,” (OEI-03-18-00120, August 2018, .pdf format, 12p.).
“Prescription Drug Affordability and Innovation: Addressing Challenges in Today’s Market,” a hearing held June 26, 2018 (witness statement available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 2 hours 13 minutes). Note: The hearing begins at the 20:25 mark.
“The Food and Drug Administration Computed Prescription Drug User Fee Rates Accurately,” (A-05-17-00040, June 2018, .pdf format, 4p.).
“Increases in Reimbursement for Brand-Name Drugs in Part D,” (OEI 03 15 00080, June 2018, .pdf format, 15p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-03-15-00080.asp
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “The Impact of New Drug Launches on Life-Years Lost in 2015 from 19 Types of Cancer in 36 Countries,” by Frank R. Lichtenberg (w24536, April 2018, .pdf format, 46p.).
“Medication burden attributable to chronic co-morbid conditions in the very old and vulnerable,” by Kelly L. Moore, Kanan Patel, W. John Boscardin, Michael A. Steinman, Christine Ritchie, and Janice B. Schwartz (PLoS ONE 13(4): e0196109. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196109, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0196109
“Manufactured Crisis: How Devastating Drug Price Increases Are Harming America’s Seniors,” (March 2018, .pdf format, 11p.).
“How Do Prescription Drugs Affect the Use of Other Health Services?” by Gal Wettstein (IB No. 18-3, February 2018, .pdf format, 8p.).
How Do Prescription Drugs Affect the Use of Other Health Services?
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Targeting with In-kind Transfers: Evidence from Medicaid Home Care,” by Ethan M.J. Lieber and Lee M. Lockwood (w24267, January 2018, .pdf format, 74p.).
B. “Household Time Use Among Older Couples: Evidence and Implications for Labor Supply Parameters,” by Richard Rogerson and Johanna Wallenius (w24263, January 2018, .pdf format, 55p.).
C. “High-Priced Drugs in Medicare Part D: Diagnosis and Potential Prescription,” by Richard G. Frank and Richard J. Zeckhauser (w24240, January 2018, .pdf format, 41p.).
“Trends in Retail Prices of Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans: 2006 to 2015,” by Stephen W. Schondelmeyer and Leigh Purvis (December 2017, .pdf format, 16p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2016/trends-in-retail-prices-of-drugs.html
“No Limit: Medicare Part D Enrollees Exposed to High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs Without a Hard Cap on Spending,” by Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, Kendal Orgera, and Anthony Damico (November 2017, .pdf and HTML format, 13p.).
A. “Influence of pharmaceutical marketing on Medicare prescriptions in the District of Columbia,” by Susan F. Wood, Joanna Podrasky, Meghan A. McMonagle, Janani Raveendran, Tyler Bysshe, Alycia Hogenmiller, and Adriane Fugh-Berman (PLoS ONE12(10): e0186060. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186060, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0186060
B. “Physical activity and cohabitation status moderate the link between diabetes mellitus and cognitive performance in a community-dwelling elderly population in Germany,” by Anne Fink, Nikolaus Buchmann, Christina Tegeler, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Ilja Demuth, and Gabriele Doblhammer (PLoS ONE12(10): e0187119. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187119, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0187119
A. “Medicare Part D: A First Look at Prescription Drug Plans in 2018,” by Juliette Cubanski, Anthony Damico, Jack Hoadley, Kendal Orgera, and Tricia Neuman (October 2017, .pdf and HTML format, 21p.).
www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-part-d-a-first-look-at-prescription-drug-plans-in-2018/
B. “Medicare Advantage 2018 Data Spotlight: First Look,” by Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman (October 2017, .pdf and HTML format, 5p.).
www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-2018-data-spotlight-first-look/
A. “Shortcomings of Device Claims Data Complicate and Potentially Increase Medicare Costs for Recalled and Prematurely Failed Devices,” (A-01-15-00504, September 2017, .pdf format, 28p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region1/11500504.asp
B. “Medicare Part B Drug Payments: Impact of Price Substitutions Based on 2015 Average Sales Prices,” (OEI-03-17-00360, September 2017, .pdf format, 10p.).
A. “From Research to Standard Practice: Advancing Proven Programs to Support Family Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia,” by Lynn Friss Feinberg (September 2017, .pdf format, 19p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/from-research-to-standard-practice.html
B. “Rx Price Watch Report: Trends in Retail Prices of Specialty Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans: 2006 to 2015,” by Leigh Purvis and Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer (September 2017, .pdf format, 30p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2016/trends-in-retail-prices-of-drugs.html
“Prescription Drug Abuse among Older Adults,” by Olivia Dean (August 2017, .pdf format, 8p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/prescription-drug-abuse-among-older-adults.html
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new MEPS data file (July 2017, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
– MEPS HC-178A: 2015 Prescribed Medicines File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-178A
“Improving Prescription Drug Safety for Canadian Seniors,” by Nicole F. Bernier (No. 61, January 2017, .pdf format, 19p.).
“Rx Price Watch Report: Trends in Retail Prices of Brand Name Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans: 2006 to 2015,” by Leigh Purvis and Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer (December 2016, .pdf format, 30p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2016/trends-in-retail-prices-of-drugs.html
“Generic Drugs Under Medicare: Part D Generic Drug Prices Declined Overall, but Some Had Extraordinary Price Increases,” (GAO-16-706, August 2016, .pdf format, 52p.).
“CMS Should Address Medicare’s Flawed Payment System for DME Infusion Drugs,” (OEI-12-16-00340, September 2016, .pdf format, 11p.).
“Use of medicines by older people with type 2 diabetes,” (July 2016, .pdf format, 120p.).
A. “Physician Payments from Industry Are Associated with Greater Medicare Part D Prescribing Costs,” by Roy H. Perlis and Clifford S. Perlis (PLoS ONE 11(5): e0155474. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155474, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0155474
B. “The Incidence and Recurrence of Getting Lost in Community-Dwelling People with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Two and a Half-Year,” by Ming-Chyi Pai and Chih-Chien Lee (PLoS ONE 11(5): e0155480. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155480, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0155480
“‘Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ Business Model: the Repercussions for Patients and the Health Care System,” a hearing held April 27, 2016 (witness statement available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 3 hours 1 minute). Note: Hearing begins at the 9:54 mark and ends at the 3:10:19 mark
“Sudden Price Spikes in Decades-Old Rx Drugs: Inside the Monopoly Business Model,” a hearing held March 17, 2016 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 3 hours 14 minutes). Note: Hearing begins at the 18:03 mark and ends at the 3:32:05 mark.
“Average Manufacturer Prices Increased Faster Than Inflation for Many Generic Drugs,” (A-06-15-00030, December 2015, .pdf format, 7p.).
“Sudden Price Spikes in Off-Patent Drugs: Perspectives from the Front Lines,” a hearing held December 9, 2015 (witness statements in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 1 hour 59 minutes). Note: Hearing begins at the 14:35 mark.
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