The nature of this system is such that administrative data regarding use of healthcare services, including the dispensing of prescription medications, are collected at an individual level for all residents.
Outpatient prescription drug information including the dispensing date, quantity of pills and number of days supplied is accurately recorded in the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan database, with an error rate less than 1%.
This feature enabled the implementation of an IVR system for medication refill reminders since all patients participating in the MOXXI program who were covered by the public drug insurance plan had their complete medication profile readily available via the MOXXI system, including the dispensing dates of prescriptions written by all physicians for a particular patient.
Data available for each retail pharmacy claim include the drug dispensed, dispensing date, quantity dispensed, and number of days supplied.
It is computed as the total days' supply dispensed during the observation window, including the medication dispensed at tk, divided by the time from t1 to end of study: CMA2 = (n1+ n2+ … + nk) / (te – t1).
Data available for each retail pharmacy claim include the drug dispensed (in National Drug Code format), the dispensing date, and the quantity dispensed and number of days of therapy supplied (selected plans only).
Data available for each retail pharmacy claim include the drug dispensed (in NDC format), the dispensing date, and the quantity dispensed and number of days of therapy supplied (selected plans only).
Data available for each retail pharmacy claim include the drug dispensed (in National Drug Code [NDC] format), the dispensing date, and the quantity dispensed and number of days of therapy supplied (selected plans only).
Data available for each retail pharmacy claim include the drug dispensed (in National Drug Code [NDC] format), dispensing date, quantity dispensed, and number of days of therapy supplied.
Pharmanet contains exhaustive information on pharmaceutical dispensing, including the reimbursement category, number of packages, insurance reimbursements, co-payments, date of dispensing and prescriber identification number.
Pharmaceutical costs equaled the actual reimbursement to the pharmacy, including the drug's administrative dispensing fee, ingredient cost, patient portion of costs, and sales tax.
