Costs Per Unit of Service (Pharmacy)

• The U.S. far outspends other industrialized countries for pharmaceuticals. The average per person expense on pharmaceuticals in 1996:

• United States $ 298

• Germany $ 175

• United Kingdom $ 85

• Wall Street Journal “America’s Soaring Drug Costs” Nov. 16, 1998

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