Compliance among pharmacies in California with a prescription-drug discount program for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Published in N Engl J Med on March 14, 2002

Authors

Joy H Lewis1, Matthias Schonlau, Jorge A Muñoz, Steven M Asch, Mayde R Rosen, Hannah Yang, José J Escarce

Author Affiliations

1: RAND Health, Santa Monica, Calif 90407-2138, USA. joys@rand.org

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