State Medicaid Drug Utilization Data for 2013

2013 data on covered outpatient drugs paid for by state Medicaid agencies. The dataset 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

• Analyze state-level prescription volumes based on the reported number of prescriptions.
• Compare Medicaid reimbursement costs for specific drugs across states based on dollars reimbursed.
• Track pharmaceutical product utilization in public healthcare programs based on National Drug Code identifiers.
• Identify high-cost or high-volume drug categories within Medicaid based on drug name and spending data.

Strengths

• Data is reported by states for a major public health program, suggesting an official source.
• Includes key financial and operational metrics: number of prescriptions and dollars reimbursed.
• Covers the year 2013, providing a specific historical snapshot.

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 the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 20:29:26.568168; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (state-level)