The impact of private and public health insurance on medication use for adults with chronic diseases

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-249

  Rice, Thomas ^a   Lavarreda, Shana Alex ^a   Ponce, Ninez A ^a   Brown, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Health insurance; Medications; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 15444379425     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558704273806     Document Type: Article

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