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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st356/stat356.shtml
February 01, 2012 - dermatological agents decreased from 75.8 million prescriptions to 45.0 million prescriptions. … From 1999 and 2008, the inflation adjusted average cost per purchase of a prescription dermatological … Breaking down total prescription drug costs into therapeutic classes and subclasses provides decision … persons obtaining at least one prescription, total expenditures, and total number of prescriptions, … for dermatological agents (from 75.8 million to 45.0 million prescriptions).
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st542/stat542.pdf
March 01, 2022 - This Statistical Brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid
medications that are … The
estimates only include prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient
setting. … Average annual percentages of non-elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid1 prescriptions in 2018 … Average annual percentages of non-elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid1 prescriptions in 2018 … Average annual percentages of non-elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid1 prescriptions in 2018
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st542/stat542.shtml
March 01, 2022 - This Statistical Brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid
medications … The estimates only include prescriptions
purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting. … (30.3 percent) and to fill five or more
opioid prescriptions (18.8 percent) compared to … Average annual percentages of non-elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid 1 prescriptions … Average annual percentages of non-elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid 1 prescriptions
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st407/stat407.shtml
June 01, 2013 - Analyzing trends in total prescription drug costs by therapeutic subclasses for certain subpopulations … This Brief presents trends in utilization and expenditures for outpatient prescription anti-diabetics … The Brief examines trends in the number of persons obtaining at least one prescription, total expenditures … , and total number of prescriptions, as well as average annual cost per person and average cost per prescription … Prescription medicines administered in an inpatient setting or in a clinic or physician's office are
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st515/stat515.shtml
September 01, 2018 - Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting are included in these estimates. … Race/Ethnicity
Any use and frequent use of outpatient opioid prescriptions differed across some … Average annual percent of elderly adults who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in 2015–2016, … Average annual percent of elderly adults who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in 2015–2016, … Average annual percent of elderly adults who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in 2015–2016,
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st516/stat516.shtml
September 01, 2018 - Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting are included in these estimates. … (38.7 percent) and to fill 4 or more opioid prescriptions (21.9 percent) compared to those in other … Non-elderly adults in the West were less likely to fill any opioid prescriptions (12.2 percent) than … Average annual percent of non-elderly adults who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in 2015–2016 … Average annual percent of non-elderly adults who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in 2015–2016
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf44/rf44.pdf
October 01, 2019 - It examines trends in the percentages of outpatient prescriptions filled
by specialty and patent status … First, we examine trends in the percentages of outpatient prescriptions filled with four types of drugs … From 2011 to 2016, the most notable changes were that the share of outpatient
prescriptions filled with … Medicare Part D enrollees filled a smaller share of
prescriptions with specialty drugs (1.6 percent) … Percentage of outpatient prescriptions filled with specialty, single source, originator, and
generic
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meps.ahrq.gov/communication/participants/faq_pharm.shtml
Prescription medicines are a major and increasing
component of total … difficult for people to provide complete
information about their prescriptions … Most do not
know the NDC numbers for their prescriptions and some … The study collects information about all the
prescriptions that a … For each
prescription, we ask for the NDC, date filled or
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr12/mr12.pdf
June 01, 2001 - • Prescriptions coded by national drug code (NDC),
medication names, strength, and quantity dispensed … After 603 Round 3 prescriptions in MEPS were
allocated to 1997, the final number of free samples for … In the first run, 512 HC
prescription mentions were exactly matched to
prescriptions reported for the … The procedure used to
match HC prescription mentions for NSF households to
PC prescriptions mirrors the … Of the remaining
64,187 prescriptions, 52.0 percent (33,394 prescriptions)
were classified as 1996 drug
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr12/mr12.shtml
June 01, 2001 - It also included pharmacies that did not fill prescriptions for the sampled persons … but reported having filled no prescriptions for the person in 1996, the person was … In the first run, 512 HC prescription mentions were exactly matched to prescriptions reported for the … The procedure used to match HC prescription mentions for NSF households to PC prescriptions mirrors … Of the remaining 64,187 prescriptions, 52.0 percent (33,394 prescriptions) were classified as 1996 drug
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meps.ahrq.gov/communication/household_participant_pubs.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Tells Us:
Opioid Use
Average annual percentage
of non-elderly adults who filled
outpatient opioid prescriptions … by sex
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
8.7%
2.3%
7.0%
1.8%
10.3%
2.7%
Any Opioid Use (fill at least 1 prescription … a year)
Frequent Opioid Use (fill 5 or more prescriptions a year)
Overall Male Female
Source: Center … medicines commonly used to treat pain.
❱ In the U.S., 8.7% of people age 18-64 fill at least one opioid prescription … Less than 2.5% are more frequent users—they fill 5 or more prescriptions a year.
❱ Women are more likely
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st458/stat458.shtml
November 01, 2014 - The number of statin prescriptions filled by adults (age ≥ 18) increased from an average 102.2 million … By 2010–2011, less than two-fifths (91.6 million or 38.5 percent) of the statin prescriptions filled … Nearly all of the statin prescription expenditures in 2000–2001 were accounted for by branded versions … By 2010–2011, about 81 percent of all statin prescription expenditures ($17.4 billion) were accounted … To produce two-year pooled drug expenditures, we use the prescription drug component of the Personal
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb12/cb12.shtml
April 01, 2001 - Only prescription medicines, not over-the counter medicines, are included. … • The community population purchased a total of 2.1 billion prescriptions, an average of almost … eight prescriptions per person. … drug expense
Percent
62.4%
37.6%
276.4 million people
2.1 billion prescriptions … drug purchases and 41% of total prescription medicine expenses
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st534/stat534.pdf
February 01, 2021 - The total number of people obtaining at least one antipsychotic prescription
increased from 5.0 million … Only prescriptions obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and mail-order
prescribed medicines) are … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expenditure
and utilization estimates. … Expenditures include the total direct payments
from all sources to pharmacies for prescriptions reported … Total number of people obtaining one or more prescriptions
for antidepressants and antipsychotics, 2013
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st534/stat534.shtml
February 01, 2021 - The total number of people obtaining at least one antipsychotic prescription increased from 5.0 million … Only prescriptions obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and mail-order prescribed medicines) are … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expenditure and utilization estimates. … Expenditures include the total direct payments from all sources to pharmacies for prescriptions reported … nsduh-annual-national-report
Figure 1: Total number of people obtaining one or more prescriptions
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st478/stat478.shtml
August 01, 2015 - When comparing 2002 with 2012, total prescription opioid purchases increased from 85.9 million to 143.9 … , and total expenses and total number of prescriptions, as well as average annual cost per person and … Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting are included in these estimates. … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expense and utilization estimates. … Expenses include the total direct payments from all sources to pharmacies for prescriptions reported
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st430/stat430.shtml
February 01, 2014 - , and total number of prescriptions, as well as average annual cost per person and average cost per prescription … Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting are included in these estimates. … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expenditure and utilization estimates. … Expenditures include the total direct payments from all sources to pharmacies for prescriptions reported … Mean number of prescriptions per person for persons purchasing one or more antidepressant by age, 2000
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st559/stat559.shtml
February 01, 2025 - Average Annual Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription … drugs and two-thirds of the payments for all outpatient prescription opioids. … This includes both refills and original prescriptions, which are
factored into the expense … Expenses
Expenses encompass the total direct payments made by all sources to pharmacies for the prescriptions … Medicare Part D provides prescription drug coverage.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st515/stat515.pdf
September 01, 2018 - from the 2015 and 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Household Component (MEPS-HC) of fills of prescriptions … Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting are included in
these estimates. … Race/Ethnicity
Any use and frequent use of outpatient opioid prescriptions differed across some racial … A similar pattern was observed for frequent use of opioid prescriptions as non-Hispanic whites (7.5 … adults living in MSAs were less likely than those living in non-MSAs to fill any outpatient opioid prescriptions
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st538/stat538.shtml
November 01, 2021 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #538: Average Expenditures per Prescription Antidepressant
Fill in the … civilian noninstitutionalized
population purchasing one or more antidepressant prescriptions … Only prescriptions obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and
mail-order prescribed … Expenditures include the total direct payments from all sources to
pharmacies for prescriptions … Refills as
well as original prescriptions are included in expenditure