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Although community pharmacies have been the mainstay for drug distribution in the USA, plan members are encouraged to use mail‐order pharmacies as a cost‐containment strategy. Both channels differ with respect to reimbursement rates, utilization, and costs. We evaluated the differences in reimbursement rates and in ingredient costs between the two dispensing channels.
We used pharmacy claims from...