Drug use and expenditures in 1982.
This article provides national estimates of drug use and drug expenditures in 1982. Total outpatient drug exposure increased 5% from 1981 to 1982 and 28% from 1971 to 1982. Hydrochlorothiazide was the most frequently dispensed drug chemical and was contained in more than 5% of all 1982 prescriptions. Sixteen major therapeutic classes accounted for about 80% of drugstore and hospital expenditures for ethical pharmaceuticals. Hospitals spent around +3.0 billion and a third of this total was for anti-infectives administered for systemic effects. The prescription drug component of the consumer price index increased 11.7% in 1982, and consumers spent about +14.5 billion on prescriptions from retail pharmacies alone.
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