Access to prescription

Although concerns about the high cost of prescription drugs and the lack of access to needed drugs dominate much of the discussion, others point to the opposite problems. They say the benefits of prescription drugs are overstated or overhyped. The public has too much access to prescription drugs... 

May 8 Hackers gain access to prescription drug records of 8 million Virginia patients listed in the state s Drug Monitoring Program and cause concern about the release of private information. 

Cunningham, Peter J. Medicaid Cost Containment and Access to Prescription Drugs. Health Affairs 24, no. 3 (2005) 780-789. States have attempted to control the costs they must pay for Medicaid by limiting... 

URL http //www.haiweb.org E-mail info haiweb.org Phone + 31 20 683 3684 Overtoom 60/III 1054 HK Amsterdam The Netherlands A network of groups in more than 70 countries that supports, among many other health-related goals, the equitable access to prescription drugs. 

An agency of the United Nations that deals with health issues, including improvements in world access to prescription drugs. 

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) URL http //www.kff.org E-mail web form Phone (650) 854-9400 2400 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 A charitable organization that focuses on major health care issues facing the United States, including access to prescription drugs, by doing research and communicating facts, information, and analysis. 

Fentiman, Linda C. 2003. Internet Pharmacies and the Need for a New Federalism Protecting Consumers while Increasing Access to Prescription Dmgs. Rutgers Law Review 56 119-179. 

Subsidies available for low-income enrollees Significant variability in available plans CMS has access to prescription utilization data for all older adults for future research Catastrophic coverage is available... 

PBMs have contractual relationships with retail pharmacies and share a common electronic network. Through this common network, prescription claims can be sent to a common point of collection (the PBM). Large PBM-retail networks offer customers easy access to prescriptions throughout the United States. Network relationships are less costly to PBM customers due to volume discount and greater billing/payment efficiencies (e.g., all pharmacies that contract with the PBM are part of that PBM s pharmacy network). 

Extension of access to prescription-only medicines in podiatry and podiatic surgery... 

EXTENSION OF ACCESS TO PRESCRIPTION-ONLY MEDICINES IN PODIATRY... 

Exposure. Access to prescription items is limited because of controlled distribution, specific instructions from a pharmacist or physician, and the use of childproof caps. Oral exposure (from accidental ingestion of large amounts of tablets, syrups, or elixirs) is most common. 

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