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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st206/stat206.pdf
June 01, 2008 - also provides, by medical doctor specialty, estimates
as reported by households on the percentage of prescriptions … Consequently, to obtain the
medical doctor specialty percentages, the data were subcategorized
to prescriptions … medicine in the U.S. community population, and by 2005, that number rose to 169.9 million prescriptions … In 2005, 53.0 million antidepressant prescriptions were prescribed during visits where a medical doctor … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in the total utilization counts.
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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/mepsweb/data_stats/Pub_ProdResults_Details.jsp?pt=Working+Paper&opt=2&id=679
April 26, 2005 - antibiotic during the year declined from 39.0 percent to 29.0 percent and the average number of antibiotic prescriptions … From 1996-97 to 2000-01, the percentage of children with antibiotic use and the average number of prescriptions … Expenditures , Outpatient Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescribed Drug Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescription
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meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/Pub_ProdResults_Details.jsp?pt=Research+Findings&opt=2&id=683
April 26, 2005 - antibiotic during the year declined from 39.0 percent to 29.0 percent and the average number of antibiotic prescriptions … From 1996-97 to 2000-01, the percentage of children with antibiotic use and the average number of prescriptions … Expenditures , Outpatient Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescribed Drug Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescription
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st205/stat205.shtml
May 01, 2008 - , increasing from 89.7 million prescription purchases in 2000 to 173.7 million prescription purchases … to 173.7 million prescription purchases (figure 3). … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expenditure and utilization estimates. … Trends in total utilization of statins, 2000 and 2005
Year Prescriptions for Statins (HMG-CoA reductase … Trends in average annual utilization for those with a purchase, 2000 and 2005
Year Prescriptions
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st205/draft/stat205.shtml
May 01, 2008 - , increasing from 89.7 million prescription purchases in 2000 to 173.7 million prescription purchases … to 173.7 million prescription purchases (figure 3). … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expenditure and utilization estimates. … Trends in total utilization of statins, 2000 and 2005
Year Prescriptions for Statins (HMG-CoA reductase … Trends in average annual utilization for those with a purchase, 2000 and 2005
Year Prescriptions
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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/data_files/publications/st386/stat386.pdf
September 01, 2012 - The Brief
provides estimates on the number of persons with at least one prescription drug purchase by … age
and gender, the number of prescriptions, total and out-of-pocket expenses, as well as average … The total number of prescriptions obtained for all
psychotherapeutics was 225.2 million (average of … The overall average expenses among those with expenses for
prescription psychotherapeutics was $759 … Refills as well as original prescriptions are
included in expenditure and utilization estimates.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf44/rf44.shtml
October 01, 2019 - Introduction
This Research Findings report examines outpatient prescription drug purchases by a nationally … Medians, which reflect the typical prescription fill, are not affected by outliers, and have a more stable … Mean and median retail unit price for outpatient prescription drugs, by insurance status, specialty, … Mean and median out-of-pocket payment per unit for outpatient prescription drugs, by insurance status … Mean and median share of outpatient prescription drug costs paid out of pocket, by insurance status,
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st458/stat458.pdf
November 01, 2014 - Most
(101.7 million or 99.5 percent) of the statin prescriptions filled in 2000–2001 by
adults were … 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/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/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/draft/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/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/st288/stat288.shtml
July 01, 2010 - over, average out-of-pocket costs per purchase decreased from 2005 to 2006 for three of the top five prescriptions … any private insurance, average out-of-pocket costs per purchase decreased for two of the top five top prescriptions … Prescription drug expenditure rankings
The 2005 prescription drug purchases for persons age 65 and … Average out-of-pocket expenditures per purchase for the top prescriptions for persons age 65+, 2005 ( … Average out-of-pocket expenditures for the top prescriptions for persons ages 45-64 with private insurance
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st288/draft/stat288.shtml
July 01, 2010 - over, average out-of-pocket costs per purchase decreased from 2005 to 2006 for three of the top five prescriptions … any private insurance, average out-of-pocket costs per purchase decreased for two of the top five top prescriptions … Prescription drug expenditure rankings
The 2005 prescription drug purchases for persons age 65 and … Average out-of-pocket expenditures per purchase for the top prescriptions for persons age 65+, 2005 ( … Average out-of-pocket expenditures for the top prescriptions for persons ages 45-64 with private insurance
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb12/cb12.pdf
October 01, 2003 - Outpatient prescription drug expenses, 1999. … • The community population
purchased a total of 2.1 billion
prescriptions, an average of
almost eight … prescriptions per
person. … No drug
expense
37.6%
Drug
expense
62.4%
276.4 million people
2.1 billion prescriptions
Community … Outpatient Prescription Medicines
This category covers expenses for all
outpatient prescription medications
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st288/stat288.pdf
July 01, 2010 - 2010
Average Outpatient Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for the
Top Five Most Expensive Prescription … over, average out-of-pocket costs per purchase decreased from 2005 to 2006 for three of the top
five prescriptions … private insurance, average out-of-pocket costs per purchase decreased for two of the top
five top prescriptions … Average out-of-pocket expenditures per
purchase for the top prescriptions for persons age 65+,
2005 … Average out-of-pocket expenditures for
the top prescriptions for persons ages 45–64 with
private insurance
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st235/stat235.shtml
February 01, 2009 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #235:
Trends in Outpatient Prescription Analgesics Utilization and Expenditures … from 163.6 million prescription purchases in 1996 to 230.7 million prescription purchases in 2006. … Total prescribed medicine purchases of outpatient prescription analgesics rose from 163.6 million prescription … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expenditure and utilization estimates. … Trends in total utilization of analgesics, 1996 and 2006
Year Prescriptions (in millions)