Trends in Out-of-Pocket Costs for and Characteristics of Pharmacy-Dispensed Naloxone by Payer Type

JAMA. 2024 Feb 27;331(8):700-702. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.26969.
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Plain language summary

This study examines mean yearly out-of-pocket cost for naloxone dispensed from retail pharmacies by payer between 2018 and 2022 and by prescription characteristics and payer in 2022.

MeSH terms

  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Drug Overdose* / drug therapy
  • Drug Overdose* / economics
  • Health Expenditures* / trends
  • Humans
  • Insurance, Health / economics
  • Naloxone* / economics
  • Naloxone* / therapeutic use
  • Narcotic Antagonists* / economics
  • Narcotic Antagonists* / therapeutic use
  • Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy
  • Opioid-Related Disorders* / economics
  • Pharmacies* / economics
  • Pharmacies* / trends
  • Pharmacy / trends
  • United States

Substances

  • Naloxone
  • Narcotic Antagonists