Outpatient prescribed medicines : a comparison of use and expenditures, 1987 and 2001 /

This Statistical Brief summarizes data that indicate a significant growth between 1987 and 2001 in the use (i.e., number of purchases) and expenditures for outpatient prescribed medicines in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pancholi, Mamatha
Corporate Authors:	United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Stagnitti, Marie N.
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2004]
Series:	Statistical brief (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) ; #33.
Subjects:	Prescription pricing > United States. Drugs > Prices > United States. Fees, Pharmaceutical > trends > United States > Statistics. Health Expenditures > trends > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS103356

Description
Summary:	This Statistical Brief summarizes data that indicate a significant growth between 1987 and 2001 in the use (i.e., number of purchases) and expenditures for outpatient prescribed medicines in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 30, 2008). "June 2004." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	5 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/30/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st33/stat33.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.