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Population characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, by level of annual prescribed medicines expenses, 2003 /

Using data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population from the 2003 Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this Statistical Brief compares the population characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries having different levels of annual outpatient pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stagnitti, Marie N.
Corporate Authors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2006]
Series:Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #138.
Subjects:
United States. > Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
Medicare beneficiaries > Medical care > Costs.
Medicare beneficiaries > Medical care > Social aspects.
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services > economics > United States > Statistics.
Medicare > economics > Statistics.
Drug Prescriptions > economics > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS102499
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Summary:Using data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population from the 2003 Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this Statistical Brief compares the population characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries having different levels of annual outpatient prescribed drug expenses.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 18, 2008).
"September 2006."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:8 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/18/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st138/stat138.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.