Medicare Beneficiary Survey

A few studies have examined the impacts of Medicaid and non-Medicaid copayments on drug utilization and health care costs. In a 1993 study, Reeder et al. noted an 11% decrease in prescription use after South Carolina established a 50-cent per prescription copayment. This increase was significantly greater than in Tennessee, a comparison state with no copayments (Reeder et al., 1993). Another study using survey data from the 1992 Medicare Beneficiary Survey found that elderly and disabled Medicaid beneficiaries who live in states with prescription drug copayments have lower prescription drug utilization than their counterparts in states without copayment, and three-fourths of the difference was directly attributed to copayment policies. The study predicted that Medicaid copayments... 

Doshi, J.A., Shaffer, T., Briesacher, B.A. (2005) National estimates of medication use in nursing homes findings from 1997 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and the 1996 Medical Expenditure Survey. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc., 53, 438 43. 

To date, there are few data available about the beneficiaries who are eligible for MTM and the outcomes related to MTM programs. Daniel and Malone (2007) examined 2002—2003 Medicare Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data to characterize beneficiaries eligible for MTM. According to their analysis, 9.2... 

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