Out-of-pocket burden of health care spending and the adequacy of the medicare part d low-income subsidy

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-509

  Briesacher, Becky A ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^b   Wagner, Anita K ^b   Fouayzi, Hassan ^a   Zhang, Fang ^b   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a   Soumerai, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care cost; Low income subsidy benefit; Medicare Part D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINANCE; FOOD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952884052     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181dbd8d3     Document Type: Article

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