Prescription costs become harder to swallow. Providers and payers get a big dose of reality with explosive spending and patient demand for new drugs
Hensley, S.
Modern Healthcare 29(34): 30-34
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 10557476 Document Number: 509899
Hospitals and managed-care organizations know that pharmacy costs are going to keep climbing. It's a question of how much and how quickly they can slow the growth of an expense that has become increasingly hard to swallow. Spending on prescription drugs is rising at 12% per year, more than double the 5% increase in national healthcare expenditures.