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Firm- and Drug-Specific Patterns of Generic Drug Payments by US Medicaid Programs: 1991–2008

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  • Christina Kelton
  • Lenisa Chang
  • Jeff Guo
  • Yan Yu
  • Edmund Berry
  • Boyang Bian
  • Pamela Heaton

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State Medicaid programmes generally have been able to obtain relief from high drug prices following patent expirations for many branded-drug medications by adjusting reimbursement following the expanded competition in the pharmaceutical market. Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

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  • Christina Kelton & Lenisa Chang & Jeff Guo & Yan Yu & Edmund Berry & Boyang Bian & Pamela Heaton, 2014. "Firm- and Drug-Specific Patterns of Generic Drug Payments by US Medicaid Programs: 1991–2008," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, vol. 12(2), pages 165-177, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aphecp:v:12:y:2014:i:2:p:165-177
    DOI: 10.1007/s40258-014-0083-z
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    2. Atanu Saha & Henry Grabowski & Howard Birnbaum & Paul Greenberg & Oded Bizan, 2006. "Generic Competition in the US Pharmaceutical Industry," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 15-38.
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