Medicare Outpatient Drug Coverage
Executive Summary
Doctoral research project by recent Univ. of Texas graduate Earle Lingle, Jr. compares health care costs for two groups of elderly in N.J. and Pennsylvania to determine impact on health care costs of N.J.'s Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged. Lower inpatient costs in N.J. compared to Pennsylvania were found after the assistance program was started. Lingle is now an asst. prof at the Univ. of South Carolina (Columbia).