How do prescription drugs affect the use of other health services?

Wettstein, Gal. “How do prescription drugs affect the use of other health services?”. Issue in Brief 18-3, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, February 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107908.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) Medicare Part D, introduced in 2006, has increased spending on prescription drugs for the elderly, but its impact on other health spending is unclear. (2) The analysis addresses this issue by examining the use of other health care before and after Part D was introduced. (3) The results show that the impact of Part D varied by the type of service: (a) It significantly increased spending on office visits, for purposes such as monitoring the effects of the drugs. (b) But it may have decreased spending on hospital visits by reducing the need for more intensive care, such as surgery. (4) Further research is needed to detect any changes in health spending that may only show up in the longer term.

Title
How do prescription drugs affect the use of other health services?
Author
Wettstein, Gal
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
February 2018
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
18-3
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107908
Use Restrictions
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Subject
Financing Retirement

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