Growth In Prescription Drug Spending Among Insured Elders
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 20 (5) , 265-277
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.20.5.265
Abstract
We examine growth in prescription drug use and spending in a well-insured elderly population in 1997 and 2000. We describe the high-cost segment of this population, identifying how it differs from ...Keywords
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