title: Drug companies' patient-assistance programs--helping patients or profits?
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Policy and Management, the Department of Economics, and the Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D017047:Cost Sharing; D016527:Drug Costs; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics*; D005378:Financial Support; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011306:Prescription Fees; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services