Low-income medicare beneficiaries and their experiences with the Part D prescription drug benefit

Inquiry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-172

  Rudolph, Noemi V ^a   Montgomery, Melissa A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART D; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956992819     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.162     Document Type: Article

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