title: Study: hospitalizations increase when only generic drugs are used for Medicare Advantage members.
abstract: Hospitalizations increase when only generic drugs are used for Medicare Advantage members. A Medicare health plan in California that offered generic-only prescription drug coverage reduced its own per member per month costs for pharmacy, but members paid higher out-of-pocket costs and the number of hospital admissions rose.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D016568:Drugs, Generic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000191:economics; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D006278:Medicare; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D016568:Drugs, Generic