M Christopher Roebuck

Summary

Affiliation: Caremark Rx
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Impact of pharmacy benefit design on prescription drug utilization: a fixed effects analysis of plan sponsor data
    M Christopher Roebuck
    CVS Caremark, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, USA
    Health Serv Res 44:988-1009. 2009
  2. ncbi Medication adherence leads to lower health care use and costs despite increased drug spending
    M Christopher Roebuck
    CVS Caremark, Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 30:91-9. 2011
  3. ncbi Prescription drug costs and the generic dispensing ratio
    Joshua N Liberman
    CVS Caremark, 11311 McCormick Rd, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, USA
    J Manag Care Pharm 16:502-6. 2010
  4. ncbi Predictive modeling of total healthcare costs using pharmacy claims data: a comparison of alternative econometric cost modeling techniques
    Christopher A Powers
    Caremark, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, USA
    Med Care 43:1065-72. 2005

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Impact of pharmacy benefit design on prescription drug utilization: a fixed effects analysis of plan sponsor data
    M Christopher Roebuck
    CVS Caremark, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, USA
    Health Serv Res 44:988-1009. 2009
    ..To study the impact of various elements of pharmacy benefit design on both the absolute and relative utilization of generics, brands, retail pharmacy, and mail service...
  2. ncbi Medication adherence leads to lower health care use and costs despite increased drug spending
    M Christopher Roebuck
    CVS Caremark, Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 30:91-9. 2011
    ..Our findings indicate that programs to improve medication adherence are worth consideration by insurers, government payers, and patients, as long as intervention costs do not exceed the estimated health care cost savings...
  3. ncbi Prescription drug costs and the generic dispensing ratio
    Joshua N Liberman
    CVS Caremark, 11311 McCormick Rd, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, USA
    J Manag Care Pharm 16:502-6. 2010
    ..Higher GDRs are considered important because they consistently produce lower prescription drug costs...
  4. ncbi Predictive modeling of total healthcare costs using pharmacy claims data: a comparison of alternative econometric cost modeling techniques
    Christopher A Powers
    Caremark, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, USA
    Med Care 43:1065-72. 2005
    ..Using PHD with a simple OLS model may provide similar predictive accuracy in comparison to more advanced econometric models...