Formulary limitations and the elderly: Results from the managed care outcomes project

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1105-1113

  Horn, Susan D ^a,d   Sharkey, Phoebe D ^b   Phillips Harris, Cheryl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Sutler Transitional Long Term C   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE; FORMULARIES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031722267     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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