On March 1,2024, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Peking University Institute for Global Health and Development successfully hosted the first session of the Spring 2024 Reading Club. The keynote speaker for this event was Shanshan Li from Peking University Institute for Global Health and Development.

The article shared at this event was her working paper "Prescription Medication Expenditures among Patients with Diabetes in the United States", which uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) from 2012 to 2021 to assess prescription drug expenditures among adult patients with diabetes in the United States. This article uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) from 2012 to 2021 to estimate prescription drug expenditures among patients with diabetes in the United States.

Ms. Li's presentation stimulated the audience to think and discuss the data and research design of the article.

(Shanshan Li/writing)