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DOI10.3386/w19186
来源IDWorking Paper 19186
Heterogeneity in Cost-Sharing and Cost-Sensitivity, and the Role of the Prescribing Physician
Mariana Carrera; Dana Goldman; Geoffrey Joyce
发表日期2013-06-28
出版年2013
语种英语
摘要In this paper, we use individual level data on purchases of one of the most prescribed categories of drugs (cholesterol-lowering statins) to study the responses of physicians and patients to variation in the cost of drugs. In a sample of first-time statin prescriptions to employees from a group of Fortune 500 firms, we find that copay variation across plans has a relatively small effect on the choice of drug, and this effect does not vary with patient income. After the highly-publicized expiration of the patent for Zocor (simvastatin), however, prescriptions for this drug increased substantially, especially for lower-income patients. Our analysis suggests that physicians can perceive the adherence elasticity of their patients and adjust their initial prescriptions accordingly, but only in response to a large and universal price change. Using prescriber identifiers, we present suggestive evidence that physicians learn about a patient's price sensitivity through their own experience of prescribing to that patient.
主题Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health
URLhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w19186
来源智库National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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Mariana Carrera,Dana Goldman,Geoffrey Joyce. Heterogeneity in Cost-Sharing and Cost-Sensitivity, and the Role of the Prescribing Physician. 2013.
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