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Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures: 1997 and 2004 |
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This Statistical Brief compares 1997 and 2004 estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) on total expenditures, total number of purchases, average total expenditure, average out-of-pocket payment, and average number of purchases for outpatient-prescribed medicines for those with a prescribed drug purchase. This brief also provides the percentage of total health care expenditures represented by prescribed drug expenditures for 1997 and 2004. |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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