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New Study Finds Problems Accessing Medications Through Medicare Part Dassociated With Increased Emergency Room Visits

September 2, 2009 by

Patients with mental illness who had problems accessing medications through a Medicare Part D plan were more likely to visit a psychiatric emergency department according to study in the September issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association. The study looked at medication access problems and use of intensive services (i.e.