Total U.S. prescription drug expenditures in 2016 were $ 448.2billion, an 5.8% increase from 2015 expenditures. The 2017 National Trends in Prescription Drug Expenditures and Projections Forecast, the latest in a series of annual articles published in AJHP, provides critically important and timely data that healthcare leaders and policymakers can use in planning programs and initiatives to ensure that patients continue to receive high-quality care in a complex healthcare environment.
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