Medication costs: The role physicians play with their senior patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-107

  Sue Beran, Mary ^a,c   Laouri, Marianne ^d   Suttorp, Marika ^e   Brook, Robert ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Cost reducing strategies; Elderly; Medicare; Medication costs; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTION FEES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846009093     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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