Prescription drug spending for Medicare+Choice beneficiaries in the last year of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 884-893

  Fahlman, Cheryl ^a   Lynn, Joanne ^b   Doberman, Danielle ^c   Gabel, Jon ^a   Finch, Mike ^d  

^a Center for Health System Change   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Finch and King Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; DYING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICARE; MONEY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART C; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748321012     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.884     Document Type: Article

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