Medicare pharmacy coverage: Ensuring safety before funding

Health Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-62

  Newcomer, Lee N ^a  

^a United Health Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DRUG INTERACTION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034145812     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.19.2.59     Document Type: Article

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