3114.0: Monday, November 13, 2000 - 3:10 PM

Abstract #17320

We Already Spend Enough to Buy All the Prescription Drugs We Need

Alan Sager, PhD and Deborah S. Socolar, MPH. Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T3w, Boston, MA 02118, 617 638 4664, asager@bu.edu

Learning Objectives: Identify barriers to equitable access to medications in U.S. Describe ways to finance affordable medications for all Americans without increasing spending and without harming drug research

Keywords: Access to Health Care, Drugs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: none
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA