Harmon Gary N, Lefante John, Roy Wendy, Ashby Keith H, Jackson Danny, Barnard David, Smart Allen, Webber Larry
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, Suite 2001, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-2715, USA.
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2004 Mar 15;61(6):603-7. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/61.6.603.
Efforts to provide medication assistance to the rural poor in central Louisiana are described.
The Central Louisiana Medication Access Program (CMAP) began functioning in 2001 with the objective of providing medication assistance and medication education to the rural poor in the community. The program serves individuals who use the outpatient clinic at the state-run public hospital in central Louisiana. Patients receive prescription drugs for a variety of chronic conditions, paying only a processing fee of dollar 3 per prescription, with a maximum outlay of dollar 15 per visit. A pharmacist counsels the patients about their medications. The medications are funded both through the program and through assistance programs run by pharmaceutical companies. A total of 5307 patients were enrolled in the CMAP between May 2001 and March 2003, and they received over 140,000 prescriptions at a cost saving to them in excess of dollar 2.5 million.
The CMAP has been able to provide prescription medications and medication counseling to needy patients in a rural environment at little cost to them.
描述为路易斯安那州中部农村贫困人口提供药物援助的努力。
路易斯安那州中部药物获取项目（CMAP）于2001年开始运作，旨在为社区中的农村贫困人口提供药物援助和药物教育。该项目服务于在路易斯安那州中部一家国营公立医院使用门诊诊所的个人。患者可以获得治疗各种慢性病的处方药，每张处方只需支付3美元的手续费，每次就诊最高支出15美元。一名药剂师会就药物使用问题为患者提供咨询。药物资金既来自该项目，也来自制药公司运营的援助项目。在2001年5月至2003年3月期间，共有5307名患者加入了CMAP，他们收到了超过14万张处方，节省了超过250万美元的费用。
CMAP能够以很少的成本为农村地区有需要的患者提供处方药和药物咨询服务。
