Rising Copayments and the Kinked Demand Curve

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3144-3146

  Daniel Mullins, C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0347302920     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(03)90098-1     Document Type: Editorial

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