Information and drug prices: evidence from the Medicare discount drug card program
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Drugs; Medical care; Cost of;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2006-01-01 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-HEA-2006-01-01 (Health Economics)
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