Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/30/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st33/stat33.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Note
Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 30, 2008).
"June 2004."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
This Statistical Brief summarizes data that indicate a significant growth between 1987 and 2001 in the use (i.e., number of purchases) and expenditures for outpatient prescribed medicines in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.
