Express Scripts FoundationResearch & Consumerology
Setting Prices for Generic Medications: A Survey of Patients' Perceptions
Published: March 17, 2010
By: Choudhry, NK, Cox, ER, Fischer, MA, Mehta J, Shrank WS. American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits 2010. Vol. 2; 33-38.
ST. LOUIS – The most recent paper in a series from a joint survey between researchers from Express Scripts and Harvard Medical School examined independent predictors of the price savings patients would need to receive in order for them to use generic medications. The results suggest that savings thresholds patients require to choose a generic often are significantly more than the $13 current average copayment difference between brand and generic medications. Efforts to increase generic medication use may be aided by increasing copayments for preferred brand-name drugs or decreasing them for generics.
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