U.S. GAO - Prescription Drugs: Trends in Usual and Customary Prices for Commonly Used Drugs

Full Report (PDF, 28 pages)  

via gao.gov

We found that the U&C price index for our first basket of 100 commonly used prescription drugs increased at an average annual rate of 6.6 percent from 2006 through the first quarter of 2010 compared with a 3.8 percent average annual increase in the consumer price index for medical goods and services (medical CPI).

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