This statistic shows the mean annual out-of-pocket expense for health care and prescribed medicine per person with out-of-pocket expense in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014. In 2014, the mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person came to 249 U.S. dollars.
Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014*
* Per person with Rx medicine out-of-pocket expense. Estimates of expenses were converted to 2014 dollars using the Consumer Price Index (all items) and differ from previous editions of Health, United States.
Values not included in the pdf version of "Health, United States" were taken from the excel trend tables.
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (September 19, 2018). Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014*." Chart. September 19, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Mean Annual Out-of-pocket Expense per Person for Prescribed Medicine in The U.S. from 1987 to 2014*." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014* [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, September 19, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
