关键词：处方药;医疗利用率;支出;门诊;糖尿病;高血压,高胆固醇,统计数据;人口;消费者;趋势;卫生筹资
摘 要：Rising prescribed medicine costs and trends associated with those increases are an area of particular interest to U.S. policymakers and consumers of health care. Analyzing trends in total prescription drug costs by therapeutic subclasses for certain subpopulations provides decision makers and the public with a clearer understanding of current circumstances with respect to medicine use and expenses, and what to expect in the future. This Statistical Brief provides trends for three therapeutic subclasses of prescribed drugs for the population under age 40anti-diabetics, anti-hypertensives, and statinsall of which treat conditions often associated with aging and older populations. This Brief presents trends in utilization and expenditures for outpatient prescription anti-diabetics, anti-hypertensives, and statins for persons under age 40 in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population for the years 2000 and 2010.