Racial Disparities in Prescription Drug Use among Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-90

  Schore, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Randall ^a   Lavin, Bridget ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544364091     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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