title: Pharmacy discount card programs: catching up with the health markets.
abstract: Pharmacy costs continue to rise, as does the number of senior citizens. One of the ways of containing costs may be the pharmacy discount drug card program, for both seniors and the general population.
authors.affiliation: Kenco Insurance Agency, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Drew
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D017047:Cost Sharing; D016527:Drug Costs; D004345:Drug Industry; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States