Consumers devise drug cost-cutting measures: Medical and legal issues to consider

Health Care Manager

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-281

  Ganguli, Gouranga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug pricing policy; Generic drug cost; Health care cost; Pill splitting; Prescription drug cost

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSUMER; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COST CONTROL; DRUG COSTS; DRUGS, GENERIC; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141496997     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200307000-00013     Document Type: Article

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