Benefits and consequences for the poor and the disabled

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 2739-2741

  Elliott, Rachel A ^a   Majumdar, Sumit R ^b   Gillick, Muriel R ^c   Soumerai, Stephen B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; GENERIC DRUG; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

DISABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DISABLED PERSONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FORMULARIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION FEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29544440939     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp058242     Document Type: Short Survey

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