State Medicaid Outpatient Drug Utilization and Reimbursement Data, 1995

State-reported drug utilization data for covered outpatient drugs paid by Medicaid agencies since the start of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. The dataset includes state, drug name, National Drug Code, number of prescriptions, and dollars reimbursed for the year 1995. It is provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing state-level prescription volumes and costs for specific drugs based on reported drug names and reimbursement amounts.
• Tracking pharmaceutical market share within Medicaid programs based on National Drug Code (NDC) identifiers.
• Comparing Medicaid drug spending and utilization patterns across different states.
• Researching the early impact of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program based on data from its start year.

Strengths

• Data covers the foundational year (1995) of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.
• Includes key metrics: number of prescriptions and dollars reimbursed.
• Sourced from the authoritative U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Medicaid.gov

Collection Method

Reported by state Medicaid agencies for covered outpatient drugs.

Time Range

1995

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 08 20:33:57.563129; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (state-level)