<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gellad, W. F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Choudhry, N. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Friedberg, M. W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brookhart, M. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haas, J. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shrank, W. H.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Variation in drug prices at pharmacies: are prices higher in poorer areas?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health Serv Res</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Apr</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&amp;dopt=Citation&amp;list_uids=19178584</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2 Pt 1</style></number><edition><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009/01/31</style></edition><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">44</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">606-17</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1475-6773 (Electronic)1475-6773 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE: To determine whether retail prices for prescription drugs are higher in poorer areas. DATA SOURCES: The MyFloridarx.com website, which provides retail prescription prices at Florida pharmacies, and median ZIP code income from the 2000 Census. STUDY DESIGN: We compared mean pharmacy prices for each of the four study drugs across ZIP code income groups. Pharmacies were classified as either chain pharmacies or independent pharmacies. DATA COLLECTION: Prices were downloaded in November 2006. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Across the four study drugs, mean prices were highest in the poorest ZIP codes: 9 percent above the statewide average. Independent pharmacies in the poorest ZIP codes charged the highest mean prices. CONCLUSIONS: Retail prescription prices appear to be higher in poorer ZIP codes of Florida.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19178584</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gellad, Walid FChoudhry, Niteesh KFriedberg, Mark WBrookhart, M AlanHaas, Jennifer SShrank, William HK23 HL090505-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United StatesK23HL090505-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United StatesComparative StudyResearch Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tUnited StatesHealth services researchHealth Serv Res. 2009 Apr;44(2 Pt 1):606-17. Epub 2008 Nov 4.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2677057</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Division of General Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. wgellad@rand.org</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>