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To utilize prescription benefits more efficiently and economically, managed care pharmacy programs use the
following strategies:
1. By improving the network of chain and independent pharmacies.
2. By addressing issues related with Drug Utilization Reviews (DUR).
3. By providing educational programs to patients through drug and disease literature or by face to face
counseling.
4. By encouraging physicians and pharmacists to use more formulary drugs.
5. By encouraging patients to use mail order pharmacy services for maintenance medications.
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