A new measure of medication affordability

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 600-612

  Briesacher, Becky ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^b   Adams, Alyce ^b   Wagner, Anita ^b   Gurwitz, Jerry ^a   Soumerai, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Low income; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION FEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449139154     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802672346     Document Type: Article

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