Estimation of Potential Savings Associated With Switching Medication Formulation

Sunita M Desai; Jiejie Wang; Uttara M Ananthakrishnan; Ishita Ghai; Ateev Mehrotra; Hemant K Bhargava

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4823

Estimation of Potential Savings Associated With Switching Medication Formulation

JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Feb 4;3(2):e214823. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4823. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Sunita M Desai¹, Jiejie Wang¹, Uttara M Ananthakrishnan², Ishita Ghai³, Ateev Mehrotra^{4

5}, Hemant K Bhargava³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
² Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle.
³ University of California Davis Graduate School of Management, Davis.
⁴ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study describes the price differences between capsule and tablet or ointment and cream forms of prescription drugs for insured patients.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Prescription Drugs*
Tablets

Substances

Prescription Drugs
Tablets

Grants and funding

K01 HS026980/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States