State Medicaid Outpatient Drug Utilization and Spending, 2000

State Drug Utilization Data 2000 contains records of covered outpatient drugs paid for by state Medicaid agencies. The data includes state, drug name, National Drug Code, number of prescriptions, and dollars reimbursed. 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 based on the reported number of prescriptions.
• Comparing Medicaid reimbursement amounts for specific drugs across states based on dollars reimbursed.
• Tracking pharmaceutical utilization in public health programs based on drug name and National Drug Code (NDC).
• Investigating geographic variations in Medicaid-covered drug use based on the state field.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Covers the full scope of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program for the year 2000.
• Includes key financial and utilization metrics: dollars reimbursed and number of prescriptions.

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

Collection Method

Reported by states for covered outpatient drugs paid for by state Medicaid agencies.

Time Range

2000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 20:28:49.816054; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (state-level)