Spending on essential medicines up 116 percent from 2011 to 2015

According to a study published in The BMJ, it found spending associated with essential medicines grew substantially from 2011 to 2015 for Medicare Part D. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston used data from the Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File to characterize trends in spending by U.S. Medicare Part D beneficiaries for medicines deemed essential by the World Health Organization. Read article here…

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