Top Five Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Children, Adults, and the Elderly, 2004. MEMS Statistical Brief No. 180

摘要

This Statistical Brief provides information on the top five outpatient prescription medicines ranked by total expenditures as reported by households in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population in calendar year 2004 for the following three subpopulations: children age 17 and under, adults age 18-64, and the elderly age 65 and older. The brief also provides information on average total payment and average out-of-pocket payment per purchase for the top five drugs for each subpopulation.