UPDATE: Fast facts

October 10, 2003

Prescription medications

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.