title: Expenditures for prescription drugs: too much or not enough?
abstract: With insurance, consumers generally do not have a financial incentive to reduce or contain prescription drug use. Drug spending can be controlled by: Understanding the sources of drug cost Improving use of drug formularies Using clinical pharmacists to improve prescribing behavior.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. schumock@uic.edu
authors.forename: Glen T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Schumock
authors.forename: Surrey M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic; D014481:United States