Medicare part D prescription drug program: Benefits, unintended consequences and impact on health disparities

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 860-861

  Dismuke, Clara E ^a,b,c   Egede, Leonard E ^a,b,c  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION;

COST SHARING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MEDICATION ADHERENCE;

EID: 84879550615     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2423-3     Document Type: Editorial

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