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Managing the Pharmacy Benefit: The Formulary System

OBJECTIVE: To review the development and implementation of prescription formularies by managed care organizations, identify their current applications, and recognize future trends in the managed care pharmacy environment. DATA SOURCES: Current journal articles and texts regarding the use of formular...

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Autor principal: Goldberg, Robert B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10391211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32223609
http://dx.doi.org/10.18553/jmcp.2020.26.4.341a
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To review the development and implementation of prescription formularies by managed care organizations, identify their current applications, and recognize future trends in the managed care pharmacy environment. DATA SOURCES: Current journal articles and texts regarding the use of formularies and the managed care environment. DATA SYNTHESIS: Not applicable. CONCLUSION: Formulary systems have proven to be a valuable means to control the pharmacy benefit and can be expected to expand in both scope and sophistication.