Medicare part d is associated with reducing the financial burden of health care services in medicare beneficiaries with diagnosed diabetes

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 888-893

  Li, Rui ^a   Gregg, Edward W ^a   Barker, Lawrence E ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Zhang, Fang ^b   Zhuo, Xiaohui ^a   Williams, Desmond E ^a   Soumerai, Steven B ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

access to health care; diabetes; Medicare Part D; out of pocket expenditure

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884815235     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a53d95     Document Type: Conference Paper

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