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Comparing population characteristics of persons purchasing prescribed drugs from mail order pharmacies with persons purchasing prescribed drugs from other outlets, 2005 /

This Statistical Brief provides information as reported by households in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population for calendar years 2000 and 2005 on the proportion of persons who purchased at least one prescribed medicine at the following types of pharmacies: mail order; drug s...

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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, [2008]
Series:Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #200.
Subjects:
Pharmaceutical industry.
Internet pharmacies.
Medicine > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Drug Prescriptions > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS102165
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Summary:This Statistical Brief provides information as reported by households in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population for calendar years 2000 and 2005 on the proportion of persons who purchased at least one prescribed medicine at the following types of pharmacies: mail order; drug store; HMO, clinic, or hospital; and another store (e.g., grocery store, etc.).
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 15, 2008).
"February 2008."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:8 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/15/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st200/stat200.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.