Six strategies to identify and assist patients burdened by out-of-pocket prescription costs

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-437

  Alexander, G Caleb ^a   Tseng, Chien Wen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CELECOXIB; CITALOPRAM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUOXETINE; GENERIC DRUG; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; LANSOPRAZOLE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; MEVINOLIN; NAPROXEN; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PAROXETINE; PRAVASTATIN; RANITIDINE; ROFECOXIB; SIMVASTATIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 3042632038     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.71.5.433     Document Type: Review

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