Stuart B, Ahern F, Rabatin V, Johnson A
Department of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1991 Spring;12(3):61-72.
The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE) provides outpatient prescription drug coverage for nearly one-half million State residents 65 years of age or over with income under $15,000 per year. A description of the PACE program is provided herein, along with data and multivariate results relating to the demographic characteristics of PACE beneficiaries, duration of enrollments, drug utilization and expenditure rates, average prices for covered prescriptions, and drug expense distributions.
宾夕法尼亚州老年人药品援助合同(PACE)为该州近50万65岁及以上、年收入低于15,000美元的居民提供门诊处方药保险。本文介绍了PACE计划,并给出了与PACE受益人的人口统计学特征、参保时长、药品使用及支出率、承保处方的平均价格以及药品费用分布相关的数据和多变量结果。