Managed care and physicians' perceptions of drug formulary use

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 395-400

  Fang, Hai ^a,c   Rizzo, John A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULARY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FORMULARIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649641553     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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