Outpatient prescribed medicines : a comparison of use and expenditures, 1987 and 2001 /

Outpatient prescribed medicines : a comparison of use and expenditures, 1987 and 2001 /

This Statistical Brief summarizes data that indicate a significant growth between 1987 and 2001 in the use (i.e., number of purchases) and expenditures for outpatient prescribed medicines in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pancholi, Mamatha
Corporate Authors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Other Authors: Stagnitti, Marie N.
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2004]
Series:Statistical brief (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) ; #33.
Subjects:
Prescription pricing > United States.
Drugs > Prices > United States.
Fees, Pharmaceutical > trends > United States > Statistics.
Health Expenditures > trends > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS103356
Description
Summary:This Statistical Brief summarizes data that indicate a significant growth between 1987 and 2001 in the use (i.e., number of purchases) and expenditures for outpatient prescribed medicines in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 30, 2008).
"June 2004."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:5 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/30/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st33/stat33.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.