Impact of drug coverage on medical expenditures among the elderly

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-118

  Gilman, Boyd H ^a   Gage, Barbara ^b   Haber, Susan ^b   Hoover, Sonja ^b   Aggarwal, Jyoti ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SHARING; FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149035581     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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