title: Frequent outpatient contact and decreasing medication affordability in patients with diabetes from 1997 to 2004.
authors.affiliation: General Medicine Units, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50-9 Staniford St., Boston, MA 02114, USA. rgrant@partners.org
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Ellen P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Meigs
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents