Medicare Part D and potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Donohue, Julie M ^a   Marcum, Zachary A ^b   Gellad, Walid F ^c,d   Lave, Judith R ^a   Men, Aiju ^e   Hanlon, Joseph T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICARE PART D; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869203229     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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