TY  - JOUR
T1  - POtential savings from greater use of $4 generic drugs
AU  - Zhang Y, Zhou L, Gellad WF
Y1  - 2011/03/14
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.46
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 468
EP  - 469
VL  - 171
IS  - 5
N2  - 
Discounted generic medication programs ($4 per 30-day supply or $10 per 90-day supply) are available at pharmacies of many retail stores, such as Wal-Mart and Target.1- 2 While most prescription drug coverage requires patients to pay $10 to $11 per 30-day supply for generic drugs and $25 to $27 for preferred brand-name drugs between 2006 and 2009,3 anyone regardless of insurance, pays only $4 for qualifying generic drugs through these programs. Use of $4 programs could potentially save patients and society billions of dollars. To our knowledge, our study is the first to evaluate who may be using $4 programs and potential national savings from broad use of these programs.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.46
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.46
ER  -