Patients - Family Members - Caregivers
Introduction
Frequently Asked Questions
5 Ways to save money
Stop taking non essential medicines
Preventing polypharmacy
Talk with your doctor or pharmacist
Medicare and prescriptions
Useful links
Testimonials
Health Care Providers
Tips to help your patients reduce costs
Talk with your patient
Reading and research
Health Care Providers
Questions? Comments?
About this site
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The authors of this site are Dr. G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Claire de la Varre, MSIS; Rachael Moloney, BA; and Brent Parris, BA.

Dr. Alexander is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, associate faculty in the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and a Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on how patients, physicians, and other health care providers communicate about patients' out-of-pocket prescription costs. To learn more regarding Dr. Alexander's research, please visit his academic research site at http://alexander.uchicago.edu/.

Claire de la Varre is a Research Assistant at the National Research Center for Rural Education Support and is a Ph.D student in Educational Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Click here to contact her by e-mail if you have questions about polypharmacy.