Revealed preference for community and mail service pharmacy

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-57

  Liberman, Joshua N ^a   Wang, Yun ^a,b   Hutchins, David S ^a   Slezak, Julie ^a   Shrank, Will H ^c  

^a CVS Caremark   (United States)

^b Fulcrum Analytics   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mail service pharmacy; Pharmacy benefit design; Revealed preference

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COUMARIN ANTICOAGULANT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SULFONYLUREA; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROID HORMONE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; POSTAL MAIL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; POSTAL SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955934247     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2011.09161     Document Type: Article

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