Comparative effectiveness of generic and brand-name medication use: A database study of US health insurance claims

• Rishi J. Desai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rdesai@bwh.harvard.edu

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-7273

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• Ameet Sarpatwari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5043-6206

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• Sara Dejene,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Nazleen F. Khan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Joyce Lii,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• James R. Rogers,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7329-3535

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• Sarah K. Dutcher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-2890

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• Saeid Raofi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Justin Bohn,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4430-798X

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• John G. Connolly,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Michael A. Fischer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Aaron S. Kesselheim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8867-2666

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• Joshua J. Gagne

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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