Schneider Institutes for Health Policy
Research Project Summary
| Project Title: | Discount Card Analysis Project |
| PI: | Wallack SS |
| Team Members: | Ritter GA, Thomas CP |
| Start Date: | 10/15/2002 |
| End Date: | 10/14/2004 |
| Funder: | Advance PCS |
| Research Area: | Acute and Chronic Health Care |
| Core Competencies: | Costs & Value, Technology |
| Description SIHP used pharmaceuticals transaction to study historical savings achieved through discount card programs for the three largest PBMS in the country. The report compared the savings in the discount card programs and for the insured populations of each PBM. Significant savings were found and were quite similar for both populations subgroups. | |
