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Record Nr.

UNINA9910697570803321

Autore

Stagnitti Marie N

Titolo

The top five outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expense for Medicare beneficiaries, by insurance status, 2004 [[electronic resource] /] / Marie N. Stagnitti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Rockville, Md.] : , : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, , [2007]

Descrizione fisica

4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, tables

Collana

Statistical brief ; ; #186

Soggetti

Medicare

Pharmaceutical services insurance - United States

Prescription pricing - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 15, 2008).

"September 2007."

"The estimates in this brief are derived from the Household Component of the 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC)"--P. [1].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page [4]).

Sommario/riassunto

This statistical brief provides information on the top five outpatient prescription medicines ranked by total expenditures and insurance status for the Medicare population, as reported by households in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population in calendar year 2004. This brief also provides information on average total payments and average out-of-pocket payments per purchase for the top five drugs for Medicare beneficiaries, by insurance status.