Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Publication Details

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Title:

Top 10 Outpatient Prescription Medicines Ranked by Utilization and Expenditures for the Elderly in the U.S. Community Population, 2002

Product type:

Statistical Brief 66

MEPS component:

Household Component

Publication date:

February 3, 2005

Description:

Using prescribed medicine data in the Household Component of the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this Statistical Brief provides a summary of the top 10 outpatient prescription medicines for the elderly (65 and older) in the U.S. community population in 2002, by utilization and expenditures. The brief also provides trends in annual prescribed medicines expenditures for the elderly from 1996 to 2002.

Author(s):

Marie N. Stagnitti, MPA

Agency:

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Source:

Web Only Publication

MEPS Topics:

Elderly Health Care, Health Care Costs/Expenditures, Medical Conditions, Medical Expenditures, Outpatient Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescribed Drug Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescription Drugs, Priority Conditions -- High Cholesterol

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