Pharmacy Benefit Manager Market Concentration for Prescriptions Filled at US Retail Pharmacies

JAMA. 2024 Oct 15;332(15):1298-1299. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.17332.

Authors

Dima M Qato^{1

2}, Yugen Chen³, Karen Van Nuys^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
² Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
³ Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

PMID: 39255301
PMCID: PMC11388050 (available on 2025-03-10)
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.17332

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study analyzes pharmacy benefit manager market concentration for commercial insurance, Medicare Part D, and Medicaid managed care in the US.

MeSH terms

Drug Prescriptions / economics
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services
Pharmacies* / statistics & numerical data
Prescription Drugs / economics
United States

Substances

Prescription Drugs