Becker's ASC Review: 5 Things to Know About Medical Office Visits in 2012
Submitted By jryan@mcol.com, Created 05/17/2013 - 16:28
- Patient office visits fell 0.9 percent in 2012 while outpatient and non-emergency room admissions were also down slightly
- Increased availability of generics, now accounting for 84 percent of all prescriptions, led to lower utilization of brand drugs
- Patients with insurance paid higher deductibles and higher co-pays or co-insurance, and nearly 20 percent of the insured population are now in a consumer-driven health plan
- Average out-of-pocket for patient under 65 reached $1,146 in 2012, a 30 percent increase from 2011
- Twenty-eight new molecular entities were made available to patients in 2012, including seven with orphan drug designation form the FDA. There were nine new cancer treatments
Source: Becker's ASC Review
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