Medicare and drug coverage: A women's health issue

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 47-53

  Blustein, Jan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PURCHASING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034603561     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(99)00041-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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