title: A behind-the-numbers look at rising Rx costs.
abstract: Spending more on drugs saves health care dollars, by heading off complications of chronic disease. That was the conventional wisdom--until spiraling costs convinced cost-conscious employers to take a closer look at the pharmacy budget.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000191:economics; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends*; D017049:Employer Health Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States