JAMA · 2013 · 53 citations · 2 references
Health ProfessionsHealth AdministrationHealth Services AdministrationHealth InsuranceHealthcare EconomicsHospital AdministrationDrug Acquisition CostsHealthcare Cost AnalysisHealthcare PricingPharmaceutical EconomicsPharmaceutical FinancingPrescription Drug Policy340B Drug Pricing Program BillingDrug DiscountDrug Price RegulationDrug Pricing RegulationHospital Service PricingInpatient Drug SpendingMarket Reforms Under The Affordable Care ActMedicine Pricing Policy
Created in 1992, a little-known federal drug discount program called "340B" allowed a handful of hospitals that cared for the poor to obtain drugs for their patients at substantially reduced prices.Today, through a series of expansions, including some enumerated in the Affordable Care Act, numerous other types of entities such as community hospitals and cancer centers that serve both the poor and the well-insured can participate. 1Between 2009 and 2012 the number of enrolled hospitals doubled, and today the program includes 1679 hospitals, a third of all hospitals in the United States.
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How Medicare’s Payment Cuts For Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Changed Patterns Of Treatment
Mireille Jacobson, Craig C. Earle, Mary Price et al. · Health Affairs · 2010 · 179 citations