State Medicaid Drug Utilization and Spending Data, 2002

U.S. state-level data on Medicaid-covered outpatient drug utilization from 2002. The dataset includes drug names, National Drug Codes, prescription counts, and reimbursement amounts, reported by state Medicaid agencies. It is provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze state-level prescription volumes based on the reported number of prescriptions.
• Compare Medicaid reimbursement amounts for specific drugs across different states.
• Track pharmaceutical market share within Medicaid programs based on drug name and NDC.
• Study the financial impact of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program based on dollars reimbursed.

Strengths

• Includes key metrics for pharmaceutical analysis: drug name, NDC, prescription count, and dollars reimbursed.
• Covers the national scope of the U.S. Medicaid program.
• Data is provided by 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.
• Data is from a single year (2002), limiting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Collection Method

Reported by state Medicaid agencies for the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.

Time Range

2002

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 08 20:34:36.830469; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (state-level)