- Title
- The valium project: diagnostic restrictions as a utilization control in a Medicaid drug program.
- First Author
- Boisseree, Victor R
- Date of Pub
- 1984 Spring
- Pages
- 133-138
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Other Authors
- Keith, John C; Little, Daniel L
- Abstract
- This study examines the effectiveness of diagnosis restrictions as a drug utilization control in California's Medi-Cal (Medicaid) program. The numbers of Valium prescriptions dispensed, the numbers of Medi-Cal beneficiaries using Valium and the expenditures represented by those prescriptions were measured during application of a diagnosis restriction for a 33-month base period, followed by removal of the diagnosis restriction for a 14-month period.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- California : Cost Control : Diazepam/therapeutic use : Drug and Narcotic Control : Drug Utilization/economics : Human : Medicaid/economics : Regression Analysis
- NTIS Number
- PB84-189844
