Shopping for Drugs
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Comparing Prices
- Therapeutic Drug Substitution
- Pill Splitting
- Generic Drug Substitutes
- Switching to Over-the-Counter Drugs
- Mail-Order Pharmacies
- Global Options
- Financial Assistance to Lower Drug Costs
- Price Comparisons for Specific Drugs
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix
- About the Author
About the Author
Devon M. Herrick is the Research Manager for the National Center for Policy Analysis, focusing on such health care issues as Internet-based medicine, the uninsured and drug development. Other areas in which Mr. Herrick works include managed care, medical privacy and technology-related issues.
Prior to joining the NCPA, he was a research assistant at the University of Texas at Dallas where he worked for the Bruton Center for Development Studies. In addition, Mr. Herrick has worked in health care accounting and financial management for a Dallas-area health care system.
Mr. Herrick has training in financial analysis and health economics. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1984 and a Master of Business Administration degree from Oklahoma City University in 1985.
He also holds a Master's in Business Administration from Amber University and a Master's in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a candidate for a Ph.D. in political economy from the University of Texas at Dallas with a concentration in economic development, to be conferred in August 2003. Mr. Herrick's dissertation research field is an empirical analysis of the Internet and disease advocacy.
