title: The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988: toward a research agenda for pharmacy.
abstract: Pharmacy administration investigators have been presented with a rare challenge and a once-in-a-lifetime window of opportunity. The research agenda in which all of us are vested has been raised to a level of unparalleled prominence. Funding is available in unprecedented amounts. Our background, education and interests provide us with an unusual and sure to be short-lived competitive advantage. It will not take long for traditional health services research groups to beg, borrow, or steal the expertise that we now possess. The pharmacy administration discipline must act quickly to stake a major claim in research efforts related to the drug program in MCCA. The issues of research related to the drug use process and the impact of pharmacy services are ours. We must be visionary, assertive, and ambitious in exploiting this opportunity to make a major contribution to the health services research needs of this nation.
mesh_terms: D002388:Catastrophic Illness / Q000191:economics*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008396:Maryland; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States