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October 1997

Improving the PPI samples for prescription pharmaceuticals

Gregory G. Kelly

Frequent new product introductions make developing price indexes for the prescription pharmaceuticals industry challenging. BLS updates its methodology to capture new products and make its sample more representative. This article describes the industry and features that make it unique, in addition to discussing the problems confronting analysts developing price indexes for the industry.

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