State Medicaid Drug Utilization with Prescription Counts and Reimbursements, 2006

State-reported data covers outpatient drugs paid for by Medicaid agencies since the program's inception. The dataset includes drug names, National Drug Codes, prescription counts, and dollars reimbursed for the year 2006. Data is provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze state-level prescription drug spending based on dollars reimbursed.
• Compare utilization rates of specific drugs across states based on prescription counts.
• Study Medicaid-covered outpatient drug markets based on National Drug Code identifiers.
• Track pharmaceutical expenditure trends within a public health program.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Includes key metrics for analysis: prescription counts and dollars reimbursed.
• Covers a specific program (Medicaid Drug Rebate Program) and year (2006).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 20:29:43.546363; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (state-level)