title: Medicare drugs.
abstract: The following overview knits together a collection of articles that focus on prescription drug issues as they relate to the Medicare Program. In general, the articles examine the following themes: drug cost management; drug cost estimation, and racial disparities in drug coverage and use. These commentaries provide information on private-sector experience in administering a drug benefit, models that might be used to estimate take-up rates and their associated costs, and several indepth looks at racial disparities by various chronic conditions.
authors.affiliation: jpoisal@cms.hhs.gov
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Poisal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States