Effect of medicare part D and insurance type on medicare beneficiary access to prescription medication and use of prescription cost-saving measures

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-81

  Urmie, Julie M ^a   Farris, Karen B ^a   Doucette, William R ^a   Goedken, Amber M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug costs and expenditures; Elderly; Medicare part D; Medication access

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955932147     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2011.09239     Document Type: Article

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