Background: Previous research has shown that patient cost-sharing leads to a reduction in
overall health resource utilization. However, in Canada, where health care is provided free …

We employed a pre–post study design with a control group–a Difference-In-Difference (DID)
estimator–to evaluate the effect of prescription drug policy reform on the number of …

PURPOSE: To estimate healthcare demand elasticity and evaluate the impact of
deductible/co-payment policy changes for prescription drugs on the use of drugs and …

OBJECTIVES. The nature and extent of prescription drug benefits for the elderly are a
continuing concern for health-care managers and policy makers. This study examined the …

This paper examines changes in drug utilization following Taiwan's newly implemented
National Health Insurance (NHI) outpatient prescription drug cost-sharing program for …

This article provides a review of research that has addressed the impact of patient
costsharing on the use of services and resulting health status impacts, among the population …

ContextMany health plans have instituted more cost sharing to discourage use of more
expensive pharmaceuticals and to reduce drug spending. ObjectiveTo determine how …

Rising pharmaceutical expenditures have led to the use of cost-sharing measures. The
authors undertook a systematic review of the effects of cost sharing on vulnerable …

This paper estimates how cost-sharing affects the use of prescription drugs. The data for this
analysis are derived from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment (HIE), a randomized …

Cost sharing for prescription Pharmaceuticals—in the form of copayments, coinsurance, or
deductibles—is now common in healthcare systems throughout the world. Although there …