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Prescription Drug Estimates for Medicare Beneficiaries, 2005 and 2006 |
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For the years 2005 and 2006, this Brief presents the number of persons who reported having Medicare as well as total outpatient prescribed drug expenditures for the total population and the Medicare population. The Brief also compares the proportion of the Medicare population that reported at least one drug purchase and the proportion that had at least one Medicare payment for a prescribed drug. Moreover, the Brief compares the proportion of 2005 and 2006 total prescribed drug expenditures by source of payment for the Medicare population, and presents the average Medicare expenditure for prescribed drugs for the Medicare population for 2005 and 2006. |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |