Data from Mount Sinai School of Medicine provide new insights into medicare and medicaid

Research findings, "Use of generic cardiovascular medications by elderly Medicare beneficiaries receiving generalist or cardiologist care," are discussed in a new report. "Elderly Medicare beneficiaries can reduce out-of-pocket spending and increase their options for low-cost Medicare Part D plans by using generic drugs. Physicians play a key role in determining use of generics and specialty may be a particularly influential factor. We sought to compare generic cardiovascular drug use by older adults receiving cardiologist and generalist care.: We undertook a cross-sectional analysis of data from the nationally representative Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey," researchers in the United...

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