Association of Use of an Integrated Specialty Pharmacy With Total Medical Expenditures Among Members of an Accountable Care Organization

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Oct 1;3(10):e2018772. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.18772.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association of integrated specialty pharmacy use among members of a university hospital accountable care organization (ACO) with total medical expenditure.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Accountable Care Organizations / economics*
  • Accountable Care Organizations / statistics & numerical data*
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cohort Studies
  • Drug Costs / statistics & numerical data*
  • Drug Utilization / economics*
  • Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University / economics
  • Hospitals, University / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Massachusetts
  • Middle Aged
  • Pharmaceutical Services / economics*
  • Pharmaceutical Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Retrospective Studies