* Per person with Rx medicine out-of-pocket expense. Estimates of expenses were converted to 2014 dollars using the Consumer Price Index (all items) and differ from previous editions of Health, United States.
Values not included in the pdf version of "Health, United States" were taken from the excel trend tables.
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Rx medicine out-of-pocket expense per person in the U.S. 1987-2014
This statistic shows the mean annual out-of-pocket expense for health care and prescribed medicine per person with out-of-pocket expense in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014. In 2014, the mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person came to *** U.S. dollars.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (September 19, 2018). Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014*." Chart. September 19, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 04, 2026. /statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 04, 2026. /statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Mean Annual Out-of-pocket Expense per Person for Prescribed Medicine in The U.S. from 1987 to 2014*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 19 Sep 2018, /statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/ (last visited August 04, 2026)
Mean annual out-of-pocket expense per person for prescribed medicine in the U.S. from 1987 to 2014* [Graph], U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September 19, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/185004/health-care-and-medicine-out-of-pocket-expense-per-person-since-1987/
