The Impact of Pharmaceutical Capitation to Primary Medical Groups on the Health Care Expenditures of Medicare HMO Enrollees
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ROBERT POPOVIAN, PHARM.D., MS., is Senior Medical Liaison, PJizer, Inc. At the time oj this study, he was Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellow, Department oj Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University oj Southern California School oj Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA; KATHLEEN A. JOHNSON, PHARM.D., PH.D., is Associate proJessor oj Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University oj Southern California School oj Pharmacy; MICHAEL B. NICHOL, PH.D., is Associate proJessor oj Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and Gerontology, University oj Southern California Schools oj Pharmacy and Gerontology; GORDON LIU, PH.D., is Assistant proJessor oj Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University oj Southern CaliJornia School oj Pharmacy.
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