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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st280/draft/stat280.shtml
February 01, 2010 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #280:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #280: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … $54.1 billion and represented two-thirds (66.2 percent) of annual expenditures spent for prescription drugs … MEPS uses prescription drugs therapeutic classes as defined by the Multum/Lexicon (see Definitions). … Total expenses for prescribed drugs by therapeutic classification (top five), Medicare beneficiaries
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st363/stat363.shtml
March 01, 2012 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #363:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #363: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … Anita Soni, PhD
Highlights
In 2009, the top five therapeutic classes of prescription drugs … billion and represented more than two-thirds (67.6 percent) of annual expenditures for prescription drugs … In 2009, among the top five therapeutic classes of prescription drugs, respiratory agents had the highest
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st313/stat313.shtml
February 01, 2011 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #313:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #313: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … In 2008, the top five therapeutic classes ranked by total expense among adults for prescription drugs … MEPS uses prescription drugs therapeutic classes as defined by the Multum Lexicon (see Definitions). … Findings In 2008, the top five therapeutic classes of prescribed drugs purchased by adults age 18 and
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st280/stat280.shtml
February 01, 2010 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #280:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #280: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … $54.1 billion and represented two-thirds (66.2 percent) of annual expenditures spent for prescription drugs … MEPS uses prescription drugs therapeutic classes as defined by the Multum/Lexicon (see Definitions). … Total expenses for prescribed drugs by therapeutic classification (top five), Medicare beneficiaries
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st468/stat468.shtml
February 01, 2015 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #468:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #468: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … Marc Roemer, MS
Highlights
In 2012, the top five therapeutic classes of prescription drugs … In 2012, among the top five therapeutic classes of drugs, the highest average expense per prescription … Findings
In 2012, the top five therapeutic classes of prescribed drugs purchased by adults age 18
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st469/stat469.shtml
February 01, 2015 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #469:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #469: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … MS
Highlights
In 2012, the top five most costly therapeutic classes of prescription drugs … billion and represented more than two-thirds (68.5 percent) of annual expenditures for prescription drugs … Findings
Ranked by total expense, the top five most costly therapeutic classes of prescribed drugs
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st411/stat411.shtml
May 01, 2013 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #411:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #411: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … , MS
Highlights
In 2010, the top five most costly therapeutic classes of prescription drugs … billion and represented more than two-thirds (68.3 percent) of annual expenditures for prescription drugs … Findings
Ranked by total expense, the top five most costly therapeutic classes of prescribed drugs
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st410/stat410.shtml
May 01, 2013 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #410:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #410: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … Marc Roemer, MS
Highlights
In 2010, the top five therapeutic classes of prescription drugs … Findings
In 2010, the top five therapeutic classes of prescribed drugs purchased by adults age 18 and … Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Adults Age 18 and
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st144/sb144.xml
October 01, 2006 - and from 0.8 billion to 1.1 billion purchases for generic drugs. … (figure 1)
Utilization of brand name prescribed drugs rose from 1.3 billion purchases to … Brand name drugs total expenditures increased from $75.5 billion to $141.0 billion, and generic drugs … For this brief, drugs falling into categories 1, 2, and 3 were considered brand name drugs, and drugs … falling into category 4 were considered generic drugs.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st110/sb110.xml
January 01, 2006 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #110
January 2006
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … In 2003, the top five therapeutic classes for adults when ranked by total expenses for prescription drugs … $110.4 billion and represented two-thirds (66.0 percent) of total expenditures spent on prescription drugs … , and the mean expenses in these classes of drugs. … Over-the-counter drugs and free samples are not included in these estimates.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st109/sb109.xml
January 01, 2006 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #109
January 2006
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … Statistical Brief provides a summary of the top five therapeutic classes of outpatient prescription drugs … , and the mean expenses in these classes of drugs. … Over-the-counter drugs and free samples are not included in these estimates. … (figure 4)
Definitions/Methodology
Therapeutic classes were assigned to drugs
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st196/sb196.xml
January 01, 2008 - Sommers, PhD
Highlights
In 2005, prescription drugs represented about 20.8 percent of all … The percentage of expenditures for prescription drugs for persons under 65 covered by private insurance … Introduction
Prescription drugs are a large portion of health care expenditures. … In 2005, expenditures for prescription drugs among the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population …
As the overall costs of health care continue to rise and prescription drugs become a larger
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st144/stat144.pdf
October 01, 2006 - Only prescribed drugs obtained in an outpatient setting are included
in the estimates provided in this … Generic drugs also increased in utilization, rising from 0.8
billion purchases to 1.1 billion purchases … and from
illion to 1.1 billion pur-
es for generic drugs. … For this brief, drugs falling into
categories 1, 2, and 3 were considered brand name drugs, and drugs … falling into category 4 were
considered generic drugs.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st144/stat144.shtml
October 01, 2006 - and from 0.8 billion to 1.1 billion purchases for generic drugs. … Only prescribed drugs obtained in an outpatient setting are included in the estimates provided in this … Brand name drugs total expenditures increased from $75.5 billion to $141.0 billion, and generic drugs … For this brief, drugs falling into categories 1, 2, and 3 were considered brand name drugs, and drugs … falling into category 4 were considered generic drugs.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st144/draft/stat144.shtml
October 01, 2006 - and from 0.8 billion to 1.1 billion purchases for generic drugs. … Only prescribed drugs obtained in an outpatient setting are included in the estimates provided in this … Brand name drugs total expenditures increased from $75.5 billion to $141.0 billion, and generic drugs … For this brief, drugs falling into categories 1, 2, and 3 were considered brand name drugs, and drugs … falling into category 4 were considered generic drugs.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st314/stat314.shtml
February 01, 2011 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #314:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #314: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … MEPS uses prescription drugs therapeutic classes as defined by the Multum Lexicon (see Definitions). … Findings In 2008, the top five therapeutic classes (ranked by total expense) of prescribed drugs purchased … Total expenses for prescribed drugs by therapeutic classification (top five), Medicare beneficiaries
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st314/draft/stat314.shtml
February 01, 2011 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #314:
Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … STATISTICAL BRIEF #314: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … MEPS uses prescription drugs therapeutic classes as defined by the Multum Lexicon (see Definitions). … Findings In 2008, the top five therapeutic classes (ranked by total expense) of prescribed drugs purchased … Total expenses for prescribed drugs by therapeutic classification (top five), Medicare beneficiaries
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/workingpapers/wp_08005.pdf
April 01, 2009 - therapeutic classes of drugs. … drugs (Federman et al. 2001). … (s) with
newer drugs that treat the same medical condition(s), or (3) purchasing drugs to treat a medical … Next, we examine the number of unique drugs purchased. … ($162), gastrointestinal drugs ($126), and analgesics ($79).
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st154/sb154.xml
December 01, 2006 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #154
December 2006
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs … In 2004, for adults the top five therapeutic classes when ranked by total expense for prescription drugs … $119.3 billion and represented two thirds (65.9 percent) of total expenditures spent on precription drugs … , and the mean expense in these classes of drugs. … Findings
In 2004, the top five therapeutic classes for prescribed drugs purchased by adults
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr29/mr29.shtml
March 12, 2014 - ; (2) originator drugs, which are brand name drugs with therapeutically equivalent competitors; and ( … within person leaves some HC drugs unlinked to PC data. … drugs, which are reconciled later). … PC drugs with imputed NDCs are part of the donor pool as well. … Drugs that are rarely used or are associated with very rare conditions, particularly orphan drugs, are