Senior citizens and the burden of prescription drug outlays: What lessons for the medicare prescription drug benefit?

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-227

  Kanavos, Panos ^a   Gemmill, Marin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22544482682     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200403040-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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