Impact of medicare part D on seniors' out-of-pocket expenditures on medications

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1325-1330

  Millett, Christopher ^a,b   Everett, Charles J ^c   Matheson, Eric M ^c   Bindman, Andrew B ^a   Mainous III, Arch G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955481729     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.208     Document Type: Article

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