"Mail-order prescriptions can save time and money"

Abstract

"Increasing numbers of health-care consumers are turning to mail-order prescriptions to save time and money. In most cases, a prescription is sent to the mail-order pharmacy or phoned in by the physician. The patients receive three to six months of medicine at a time, but they only make one copayment. Depending on the program, the payment usually is less than what consumers would pay for individual purchases over an extended time period."