Historical trend of racial and ethnic disparities in meeting Medicare medication therapy management eligibility in non-Medicare population

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 904-917

  Wang, Junling ^a   Surbhi M S , Satya ^b   Zhang, Zhiping ^b   Spivey, Christina A ^a   Chisholm Burns, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Eligibility; Medicare; Medication therapy management services; Non Medicare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922902571     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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