State Medicaid Outpatient Drug Utilization and Reimbursement Data for 2012

State Drug Utilization Data for 2012 reports on 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 and costs based on reported number of prescriptions and dollars reimbursed.
• Tracking pharmaceutical product utilization in Medicaid programs based on drug name and National Drug Code.
• Comparing Medicaid drug spending across different states based on the state and reimbursement data.
• Investigating the market share of specific drugs within Medicaid based on prescription counts and drug identifiers.

Strengths

• Data is reported by state Medicaid agencies, providing an official administrative source.
• Includes key financial and volume metrics: dollars reimbursed and number of prescriptions.
• Covers a specific year (2012), allowing for focused temporal analysis.

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

2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 20:32:46.853413; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (state-level)