Determinants of Dispensing Location in the TRICARE Senior Pharmacy Program

Description:

Provides information about where TRICARE Senior Pharmacy beneficiaries receive their medications and what factors influence where they choose to obtain their medications. The Department of Defense can reduce its pharmacy acquisition costs by shifting prescribing from retail pharmacies to military treatment facility pharmacies and/or the TRICARE mail order pharmacy. The analysis in this report supports that effort.

subjects: Older veterans,  Drugs,  Cost control,  Retired military personnel,  Military dependents,  Military Medicine,  Managed care plans (Medical care),  Costs,  Medical care,  Armed Forces,  Medicine, military,  United states, armed forces,  Veterans,  Military Personnel,  Statistics & numerical data,  Economics,  Pharmaceutical Fees,  Cost Savings,  Aged,  Medicare,  Pharmaceutical Services Insurance,  Statistics