* Are physicians' prescribing decisions sensitive to drug prices? Evidence from a free-antibiotics program.
- This paper investigates whether patient-level factors, in particular cost considerations, affect the physicians' prescribing decisions. In the context of a natural experiment, we examine the effect of the first US commercial free-antibiotics program on retail antibiotic sales. We find an overall increase in antibiotic prescriptions under the program and substitutions to covered antibiotics from not-covered antibiotics. The shift away from not-covered antibiotics, particularly from those without covered equivalents, indicates a change in the physicians' prescribing decisions. We locate stronger program effects in low-income areas. Our findings, robust to a variety of specifications, are in contrast with previous literature.
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Overview of noun patient
The noun patient has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (73) patient -- (a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown
rapidly")
2. affected role, patient role, patient -- (the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but
is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause)
Overview of adj patient
The adj patient has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) patient -- (enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such
endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist";
"please be patient")
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