UPDATE: Fast facts
Prescription medications
UPDATE
Fast Facts
Annual expenses for outpatient prescribed medicine
| $1,102 | Average annual expense for prescription medication for people age 65 and older |
| $485 | Average annual expense for prescription medications for people under age 65 |
| 16 | Percent of total medical expenses accounted for by outpatient prescription medications |
UPDATE: Fast facts.
Medical Economics
Oct. 10, 2003;80.