Effect of Prescription Benefit Changes on Medical Care Utilization in a Medicare HMO Population

Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD;Wesley G. Byerly, PharmD;Fabian T. Camacho, MS;Anshu Shrestha, BS;Roger T. Anderson, PhD;

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November 1, 2001

The American Journal of Managed Care

November 2001

Volume7

Issue 11

Effect of Prescription Benefit Changes on Medical Care Utilization in a Medicare HMO Population

Author(s):

Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD,Wesley G. Byerly, PharmD

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