Coping with prescription drug cost sharing: knowledge, adherence, and financial burden

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 785-797

  Reed, Mary ^a   Brand, Richard ^b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^c,d,e   Selby, Joe V ^a   Hsu, John ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Drug cost sharing and benefits; Financial burden; Financial incentives; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG COST; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; COST SHARING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 41149104793     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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