The new medicare part D prescription drug benefit: An estimation of its effect on prescription drug costs in a medicare population with atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1038-1043

  Evans Molina, Carmella ^a   Regan, Susan ^b   Henault, Lori E ^c   Hylek, Elaine M ^c   Schwartz, Gregory R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Drug; Insurance; Medicare Part D; Pharmaceutical services; Prescription

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347404691     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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