Out-of-pocket pharmacy expenditures for veterans under medicare part D

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 10 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Rupper, Randall W ^a,b   Bair, Byron D ^a,b   Sauer, Brian C ^a,b   Nebeker, Jonathan R ^a,b   Shinogle, Judith ^c,d   Samore, Matthew ^a,b  

^a VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug costs; Insurance coverage; Part D; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; COST SHARING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UTAH; VETERANS;

EID: 34848815096     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3180413871     Document Type: Article

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