Purpose of request
| The objective of this research proposal is to characterize the direction and magnitude of changes in medical and pharmacy benefits and provider networks that occur as a result of Medicare eligibility. Specifically, we aim to: 1) Count the number of patients age 60-70 years old entering Medicare for different sociodemographic, clinical, and insured populations. 2) Describe the direction and magnitude of changes in benefits and provider networks, defined using standard and innovative methods for different sociodemographic, clinical, and insured populations. Using the APCD, we will infer medical and pharmacy benefit generosity in different plans using observed out-of-pocket cost values and we will track changes in providers using anonymized provider IDs. |
| Includes Protected Health Information (PHI) or proprietary financial informationNo
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