The Medicaid drug program in Louisiana: critique of the Hefner-Pracon Study
Rucker, T.D.; Morse, M.L.
American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 37(10): 1350-1353
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9289 PMID: 6775531 Document Number: 159229
Critiqued is a study that concluded a restrictive state Medicaid formulary caused an adverse impact on health and increased the cost of nondrug services. The study is criticized because the state's drug restrictions were not of major import, the before and after date were handled in a simplistic manner, and no distinction was made between correlation and causation. Readers should proceed cautiously before accepting the results of research projects sponsored or disseminated by interested parties.