Physician-patient communication concerning Medicare Part D in two midwestern states

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Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Pitts, Bruce ^a,b   Dominelli, Angela ^c   Khan, Shamima ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Clinical and Academic Services   (United States)

^c ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULARY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948937264     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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