Proton pump inhibitors: A high-cost employee benefit with over-the-counter alternatives
By Kate Fitch and Bruce S. Pyenson
31 August 2010
Health plan sponsors are under great pressure to keep costs under control. One way to do this is to carefully manage which prescription drugs to include on a formulary. This paper provides an analysis of shifting proton pump inhibitors, a costly prescription drug category for employers, to greater over-the-counter usage.