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Biologic Spending & Price Trends

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Policy interventions targeting price increases, particularly those under Medicare Part D plans, may help mitigate financial burdens for public payers and biologic DMARD recipients.

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Excerpted and adapted from:
McCormick N, Wallace ZS, Sacks CA, et al. Decomposition analysis of spending and price trends for biologic antirheumatic drugs in Medicare and Medicaid. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020 Feb;72(2):234–241.

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