Part D plan enrollment by uninsured medicare beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-186

  MacIejewski, Matthew L ^a,b   Farley, Joel F ^c   Hansen, Richard A ^c   Wei, David ^c   Harman, Jeffrey S ^d  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug coverage; Enrollment; Medicare; Part D; Prescription drug

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE PART D; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77449152809     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181bd4e0a     Document Type: Article

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