Prescription drug costs and the generic dispensing ratio

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 502-506

  Liberman, Joshua N ^a   Roebuck, M Christopher ^a  

^a CVS Caremark   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; DRUG COSTS; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958574540     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2010.16.7.502     Document Type: Article

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