A tiny but growing population of individuals with complicated illnesses and special treatment needs are accounting for an increasingly significant amount of the nation’s overall prescription drug costs, according to a report from ExpressScripts, “Super Spending: U.S. Trends in High-Cost Medication Use.”
“We live in a fortunate time when science has delivered amazing therapies and made it possible for people with complex, chronic diseases to live a little more normal life,” Glen Stettin, M.D., senior vice president, clinical, research and new solutions at Express Scripts, writes in the report’s foreword note.
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