Who will be denied medicare prescription drug subsidies because of the asset test?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-54

  Rice, Thomas ^a   Desmond, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CALCULATION; DEATH; FEMALE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICARE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DRUG COSTS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344449018     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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