Racial and ethnic disparities in prescription coverage and medication use.

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Published in Health Care Financ Rev on January 01, 2003

Authors

Becky Briesacher1, Rhona Limcangco, Darrell Gaskin

Author Affiliations

1: University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, USA. bbriesac@rx.umaryland.edu

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