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Article: Drug utilization and cost in a Medicaid population: A simulation study of community vs. mail order pharmacy.(Research article)
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- BMC Health Services Research
- Article date:
- July 30, 2007
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Authors: Satish Valluri [1]; Enrique Seoane-Vazquez (corresponding author) [1,2]; Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio [3]; Sheryl L Szeinbach [1]
Background
Outpatient drugs are dispensed through both community and mail order pharmacies. In 2004, mail order pharmacies dispensed 214 million prescriptions, representing 6.5% of the prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. outpatient pharmaceutical sector during that year [1]. Prescriptions for mail order provide a 90-day supply as opposed to a 30-day supply typically dispensed in community pharmacies. When mail order prescriptions are converted to 30-day supplies, mail order pharmacies can be viewed as having dispensed ...
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