Category: prescription drugs

The Impact of Cost Sharing on Appropriate Utilization and Health Status: A Review of the Literature on Seniors

The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Appropriate Utilization and Health Status: A Review of the Literature on Seniors This article provides a review of research that has addressed the impact of patient cost-sharing on the use of health care services and subse…

Health Care and the 2004 Elections

** Update: For information on health care and the 2008 election, visit www.health08.org. ** Health care issues continue to be important for many Americans and a vital part of the policy debates in Washington and around the country. During an election s…

The Development of Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising Regulation

This article, which appears in the Food and Drug Law Journal, vol. 57, no. 3, 2002, pp. 423-444 was based on a report written by F.B. Palumbo and C.D. Mullins at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Center on Drugs and Public Policy and funded…

Latest Findings on Employer-Based Coverage of Contraception

This memorandum provides background on the issue of contraceptive coverage and presents new findings from the soon to be released Kaiser/HRET 2002 Annual Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits. Employer Based Coverage of Contraception