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Impact of Drug Coverage on Medical Expenditures Among the Elderly

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  • Boyd H. Gilman
  • Barbara Gage
  • Susan Haber
  • Sonja Hoover
  • Jyoti Aggarwal

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The authors compare expenditures for Medicare-covered medical services among enrollees in three state pharmacy assistance programs with spending among low-income residents eligible or near eligible for but not enrolled in these programs, after controlling for between-group differences in demographic, socioeconomic, health status, and insurance status characteristics.

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  • Boyd H. Gilman & Barbara Gage & Susan Haber & Sonja Hoover & Jyoti Aggarwal, "undated". "Impact of Drug Coverage on Medical Expenditures Among the Elderly," Mathematica Policy Research Reports e75e5879b7284c5d9a80c0074, Mathematica Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:mpr:mprres:e75e5879b7284c5d9a80c0074f28e41e
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    1. Nasreen Khan & Robert Kaestner & Swu Jane Lin, 2007. "Prescription Drug Insurance and Its Effect on Utilization and Health of the Elderly," NBER Working Papers 12848, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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