title: [The pharmaceutical cost of elderly people in private health insurance].
abstract: In this paper the author analyses the prescription of pharmaceuticals for elderly private insured persons. Data from eight firms form the basis of the survey. The main focus lies in the analysis of the expenditure per capita and the distribution of the pharmaceuticals costs. It will illustrate that costs for elderly private insured persons will have a great impact on the expenditure for the private health insurance companies in the coming years.
authors.affiliation: Wissenschaftlichen Institut der PKV (WIP), Köln.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wild
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics*; D011157:Population Dynamics