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Trends in Outpatient Prescription Thyroid Drugs Purchases and Expenditures for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1996 and 2007 |
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For prescription thyroid drugs, the Brief compares 1996 and 2007 total expenditures, purchases, and persons purchasing, as well as average total, out of pocket, and third party expenditure per person and per purchase for adults age 18 and older. Only prescribed medicine purchases in an outpatient setting are included in the estimates presented in this Brief. Total prescribed medicine purchases of prescription thyroid drugs by adults rose from 45.3 million prescription purchases in 1996 to 98.6 million prescription purchases in 2007, an increase of over 115 percent. |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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