title: US drug costs are rising faster than overall health spending, officials report.
authors.affiliation: Seattle.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration