Stuart B, Shea D, Briesacher B
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, and Parke-Davis, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2001 Mar-Apr;20(2):86-99. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.20.2.86.
Although the vast majority of elderly Americans have the stability of basic Medicare benefits, Medicare alone offers no protection from the vicissitudes of the market for outpatient prescription drugs. This paper analyzes the sources and stability of prescription coverage maintained by Medicare beneficiaries in 1995 and 1996. The results show that fewer than half of all beneficiaries had continuous drug coverage over this period, while nearly a third gained, lost, or had spells without coverage.
尽管绝大多数美国老年人享有基本医疗保险福利的稳定性，但仅靠医疗保险并不能抵御门诊处方药市场的变幻莫测。本文分析了1995年和1996年医疗保险受益人维持的处方药覆盖范围的来源和稳定性。结果显示，在此期间，所有受益人中不到一半的人拥有持续的药品覆盖，而近三分之一的人获得、失去了覆盖范围或有过无覆盖的时段。
