Are prescribed and over-the-counter medicines economic substitutes?: A study of the effects of health insurance on medicine choices by the elderly

Medical Care

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 487-501

  Stuart, Bruce ^a   Grana, James ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Medicine use by the elderly; Over the counter drugs; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

DRUGS, NON PRESCRIPTION; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029299671     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199505000-00004     Document Type: Article

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