Prevalence Of Prescription Medication Use Not Captured By Prescription Claims Databases
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Overall Prescription Medication Use Among Adults :
232 WMJ • DECEMBER 2014 medication in the past month increased from 43% to 48% during the last decade; the proportion of those using at least 5 prescription medications increased from 6% to 11%, and 53% of women and 43% men used at least 1 prescription medication in the past month.1 Prescription drug spending was estimated at $234.1 billion in 2008, more than double the spending in 1999.1 The r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.03.107