Studies from Vanderbilt University Update Current Data on Medicaid (Tobacco Control, Medicaid Coverage, And The Demand For Smoking Cessation Drugs)

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- A new study on Medicare and Medicaid - Medicaid is now available. According to news originating from Nashville, Tennessee, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "To date, there has been limited research on what drives demand for smoking cessation products, especially pharmaceutical interventions."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Vanderbilt University, "In this study, we use the near-universe of smoking cessation pharmaceutical prescriptions (1999-2012) to estimate the demand response to several anti-smoking policies (cigarette taxes, smoking bans, and Medicaid benefits). Our differences-in-differences estimates suggest an increase of 20 prescriptions per 10,000 persons following the introduction of Medicaid coverage, while taxes and bans demonstrate a less clear impact at the state level."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Consumers appear sensitive to out-of-pocket cessation medication costs, which has relevance to recent Affordable Care Act insurance expansions and coverage regulations."

For more information on this research see: Tobacco Control, Medicaid Coverage, And The Demand For Smoking Cessation Drugs. American Journal of HEALTH Economics, 2017;3(4):528-549. American Journal of HEALTH Economics can be contacted at: Mit Press, One Rogers St, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA (see also Medicare and Medicaid - Medicaid).

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from M.R. Richards, Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Hlth Policy, Nashville, TN 37235, United States. Additional authors for this research include J. Marti, J.C. Maclean, J. Fletcher and D. Kenkel.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1162/ajhe_a_00087. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America, Medicare and Medicaid, Drugs and Therapies, Health Policy, Vanderbilt University.