A comparison of person characteristics and reported conditions for adult Medicare beneficiaries with high and low annual prescription medicine expenditures, 2003 /
This Statistical Brief presents 2003 data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC). The brief compares selected sociodemographic person characteristics and reported chronic conditions for adult M...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Rockville, Md.] :
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
[2006]
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| Series: | Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ;
#148. |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS102349 |
| Summary: | This Statistical Brief presents 2003 data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC). The brief compares selected sociodemographic person characteristics and reported chronic conditions for adult Medicare beneficiaries in the top 10 percent (the 10 percent of the population with the highest prescription drug spending) with those in the lower 50 percent (the 50 percent of the population with the lowest prescription drug spending) of the prescribed medicine expenditure distribution. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 16, 2008). "November 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 9/16/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st148/stat148.pdf ; current access available via PURL. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |