Plan selection in Medicare Part D: Evidence from administrative data

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1325-1344

  Heiss, Florian ^a   Leive, Adam ^b   McFadden, Daniel ^c   Winter, Joachim ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Health insurance demand; Insurance claims data; Medicare; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

DRUG; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG USE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICARE PART D; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888873738     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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