Drug benefit changes under Medicare Advantage Part D: Heterogeneous effects on pharmaceutical use and expenditures

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1195-1200

  Ettner, Susan L ^a,b   Steers, W Neil ^a   Turk, Norman ^a   Quiter, Elaine S ^b   Mangione, Carol M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

benefit design; drug and medical expenditures; medicare part D

Indexed keywords

BRANDED DRUG; DRUG; GENERIC DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG DAY SUPPLY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755139773     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1766-x     Document Type: Article

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