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To evaluate and advance analytical frameworks for tracking, interpreting, and projecting prescription drug expenditure trends across healthcare systems.

September 2, 2026American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Advancing analysis to understand prescription drug expenditure trends

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To evaluate and advance analytical frameworks for tracking, interpreting, and projecting prescription drug expenditure trends across healthcare systems.
Synthesizes health economic methodologies and longitudinal data sources applied to drug spending surveillance.
Evaluates analytic approaches for modeling pharmaceutical utilization, unit price shifts, and drug mix changes.
Demonstrates the necessity of sophisticated modeling to capture shifting drug pricing dynamics, biosimilar adoption, and novel specialty therapies.
Identifies critical data integration strategies to enhance the accuracy of institutional medication budget projections.

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Methodological review reveals analytical models for prescription drug expenditure trends in health systems, highlighting improved forecasting strategies for institutional pharmacy budgets.

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James M Hoffman, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Mina Tadrous, PharmD, PhD, MS, Glen Schumock, PharmD, PhD, MBA, FCCP, Matthew H Rim, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Eric Tichy, Pha

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Hoffman et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Methodological review reveals analytical models for prescription drug expenditure trends in health systems, highlighting improved forecasting strategies for institutional pharmacy budgets.

Abstract

James M Hoffman, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Mina Tadrous, PharmD, PhD, MS, Glen Schumock, PharmD, PhD, MBA, FCCP, Matthew H Rim, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Eric Tichy, Pha

Advancing analysis to understand prescription drug expenditure trends

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