title: The price of pharmaceuticals given managed care health insurance membership.
abstract: The results indicate that managed care membership has impacted price trends for pharmaceuticals significantly. There are also implications for changing the status of drugs from prescription only to over-the-counter status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics and Finance, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Brotman
mesh_terms: D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics; D016568:Drugs, Generic / Q000191:economics; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D016568:Drugs, Generic