Prescription drug spending: The impact of age and chronic disease status

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1626-1629

  Mueller, Curt ^a   Schur, Claudia ^a   O'Connell, Joan ^b  

^a Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

^b Informed Access Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030700779     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1626     Document Type: Article

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