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Results of a 1992 Medicaid cost-of-dispensing study among North Carolina pharmacies are presented. The estimated statewide weighted average cost incurred by pharmacies to dispense a prescription was $5.37 in 1991. The variation in dispensing costs found among pharmacies of various sizes, organizatio...

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Published in:Health care financing review 1994, Vol.15 (3), p.9-24
Main Authors: Lamphere-Thorpe, J A, Johnston, W P, Kilpatrick, K E, Norwood, G J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost control
Costs
Data Collection
Drug Prescriptions - economics
Drug stores
Economic aspects
Evaluation
Health administration
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
Health care expenditures
Health economics
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services - economics
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services - statistics & numerical data
Medicaid
Medicaid - economics
Medicaid - statistics & numerical data
Medical care, Cost of
Models, Economic
North Carolina
Pharmaceutical policy
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacies - classification
Pharmacies - economics
Pharmacists
Pharmacology
Prescription drugs
Prescription Drugs: Payment and Policy Issues
Prescription Fees - statistics & numerical data
Profitability
Regression Analysis
Statistical analysis
Studies
United States
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Summary:Results of a 1992 Medicaid cost-of-dispensing study among North Carolina pharmacies are presented. The estimated statewide weighted average cost incurred by pharmacies to dispense a prescription was $5.37 in 1991. The variation in dispensing costs found among pharmacies of various sizes, organizational types, and locations is identified. Higher average dispensing costs were reported for large chain pharmacies and those pharmacies in urban areas. Considering the potential for expanded prescription drug benefits under a reformed health care system, the implications of the study's findings for pharmacy payment policy are discussed.
ISSN:0195-8631
1554-9887