Medicaid's reimbursements to pharmacies for prescription drugs.

Examines recent trends in the difference between the total amount that state Medicaid agencies paid to pharmacies and the amount that pharmacies and wholesalers paid to purchase the drugs from manufacturers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Anderson, Todd
Corporate Author:	United States. Congressional Budget Office
Other Authors:	Cook, Anna, Wagner, Judith L.
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, [2004]
Series:	CBO papers.
Subjects:	Medicaid > Costs. Drugs > United States > Costs. Pharmaceutical services insurance > United States > Costs.
Online Access:	HTML version: PDF version:

Description
Summary:	Examines recent trends in the difference between the total amount that state Medicaid agencies paid to pharmacies and the amount that pharmacies and wholesalers paid to purchase the drugs from manufacturers.
Item Description:	"December 2004." "Todd Anderson, Anna Cook, and Judy Wagner of CBO's Health and Human Resources Division wrote the paper"--Pref. Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 22, 2006). Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 electronic text, vi, 12 pages : HTML, digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from CBO's web site. Address as of 7/6/07: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=6038&type=0 (HTML version), http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/60xx/doc6038/12-16-Medicaid.pdf (PDF version); current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.