Transcript Figures -- How Disease Burden Influences Medication Patterns for

Figure 1. Relationship of Drug Spending to Total Medical
Spending for Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries, 2002
Total medical spending
Drug spending
Total spending ($)
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Spending Decile
8
9
10
Figure 2. Prescription Drug Spending as a Percent of Total Medical
Spending for Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries, 2002
Drugs as percent of
total spending
Percent
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Spending Decile
7
8
9
10
Figure 3. Relationship of Drug Use to Medication-Intensive
Conditions (RxHCCs) for Community-Dwelling
Medicare Beneficiaries, 2002
Number
Mean number of adjusted prescription fills*
Mean number of RxHCCs
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Spending Decile
* Adjusted to account for combination products containing drugs in two or more pharmacologic classes.
Figure 4. Intensity of Prescription Drug Use per
Medication-Intensive Condition (RxHCC) for
Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries, 2002
Number
Mean number of adjusted fills* per RxHCC
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Spending Decile
* Adjusted to account for combination products containing drugs in two or more pharmacologic classes.
Figure 5. Intensity of Prescription Drug Use per Pharmacologic
Class for Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries, 2002
Mean number of adjusted fills*
per pharmacologic class
Number
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Spending Decile
* Adjusted to account for combination products containing drugs in two or more pharmacologic classes.