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March 2003

Health care and prescription drug spending by seniors

Jessie X. Fan, Deanna L. Sharpe, Goog-Soog Hong

Spending for health care and for prescription drugs among seniors has increased over the 1980 -97 period; the seniors who had insurance coverage in addition to Medicare, on average, spent more on health care and prescription drugs than those who had Medicare coverage only.

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