Open AccessPrescribed medicines: findings from the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey.
Author(s) -
Louis F. Rossiter
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.73.11.1312
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicine , family medicine , national health interview survey , payment , health care , human services , environmental health , medline , gerontology , business , economic growth , population , finance , sociology , political science , law , economics , anthropology
In 1977 the National Center for Health Services Research, US Department of Health and Human Services, undertook a survey of 40,000 individuals in the United States, soliciting information on expenditures and sources of payment for health services including prescribed medicines. Differences in the use of prescribed medicines by age, sex, ethnic/racial background, family income, and perceived health status were found across and within therapeutic categories. More than one-fifth of expenditures were for cardiovascular-renal agents. Sources of payment were similar in all but a few therapeutic categories.
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