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August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
During 1999 and 2000, Brenda Motheral, PhD, and researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center examined the impact that a cap (or limit) on prescription drug benefits has on the drug-taking behavior of beneficiaries ages 65 or older who are enrolled in Medicare HMO plans.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
During the 1980s, expenditures on pharmaceuticals nationwide increased by 152 percent. HMOs implemented a number of cost-control mechanisms to slow the rate of growth of pharmaceutical expenditures, and were successful in doing so compared to fee-for-service health plans.
March 6, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Brandeis University used data from two state-run prescription drug programs for low-income seniors to examine how differences in prescription drug coverage affect enrollment, drug use and spending in state programs.
April 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
While the new Medicare drug benefit has helped alleviate concerns about prescription drug access for elderly and disabled Americans, many low-income, uninsured people under age 65 continue to rely on community safety nets to get needed medications. ...
October 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
Beginning in 2002, the MTCT-Plus Initiative established family-based HIV care and treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand, linking HIV care and treatment of mothers to existing programs that prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
January 11, 2010 | Journal Article
Antipsychotic prescribing patterns vary by nursing home and appear to be more a matter of facility prescribing culture than residents' clinical status.
June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Institute of Medicine produced a book, Marijuana as Medicine? The Science Beyond the Controversy, based on a March 1999 National Academy of Sciences /Institute of Medicine report, Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base.