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NBER Working Paper: Prescription Drug Advertising and Drug Utilization – The Role of Medicare Part D
This study examined how direct-to-consumer advertising influences drug utilization along the extensive and intensive margins by exploiting a large and plausibly exogenous shock to DTCA driven by the introduction of Medicare Part D in 2006.
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Health and Health Care of Medicare Beneficiaries in 2030
The 2030 Medicare recipient will likely be a woman, disabled, and suffering from either one or a combination of chronic health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes.
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Challenges for Medicare at 50
In this article, the authors note that Medicare is in a position to lead the health system toward more efficient delivery of care, and to meet this challenge CMS needs to step up the vigor of its pursuit of payment reform in the traditional Medicare program and competition in Medicare Advantage.
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Revamping Provider Payment in Medicare
This study considers proposals to reform the way that Medicare pays providers for services.
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For Vulnerable Populations, the Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole Disrupts Medication Adherence
Schaeffer Center researchers examined the impact of the Part D coverage gap on low-income and minority populations to determine if it changes individuals’ use of medications. Their findings show that the gap is particularly disruptive to minorities and low-income households.
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Early Failure of Dialysis Access among the Elderly in the Era of Fistula First
In this study of the short-term outcomes of arteriovenous fistulas and arteriovenous grafts for hemodialysis access in the Medicare population, the researchers found that fistulas were associated with a somewhat lower mortality than grafts in the first 12 months after creation but the incidence of repeat fistula/graft creation and tunneled catheter placement is substantially higher in the first 12 months after fistula creation compared with grafts.
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Four Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Medicare
With the increase in beneficiaries from the aging baby boomer generation inevitably will come a larger price tag. This is leading many policy and industry experts to speculate and worry about the program’s long term ability to provide quality and affordable coverage.
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Schaeffer Faculty Offer Expertise on Medicare’s Future at DC Forum
When the last baby boomers sign up for Medicare in 2030, they’ll have long lives ahead. A man 65 likely will live 18.3 more years and a woman 65 another 21.7 years. Unfortunately, there’s a downside.
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Medicare’s Big Fat Problem, Fiscal and Otherwise
You can’t draw a straight line between growing Medicare spending and expanding American waistlines. But policymakers would be wise to keep both in mind as they ponder how to pay for the health care of 75-million-plus baby boomers who likely will live longer in worse health.
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