Medicare beneficiaries' knowledge of Part D prescription drug program benefits and responses to drug costs.

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Published in JAMA on April 23, 2008

Authors

John Hsu1, Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Jie Huang, Richard Brand, Rita Hui, Bruce Fireman, Joseph P Newhouse

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Policy Studies and the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 2000 Broadway, Third Floor, Oakland, California 94612, USA. jth@dor.kaiser.org

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