TABLE 2.
Medication Costs and Utilization Among Compound Users, 2012-2013
| 2012 | 2013 | Change | |
| All prescriptions | 7,083,961 | 9,677,954 | 36.6% |
| Ingredient cost | |||
| Mean ($) | 163.42 | 209.76 | 28.4% |
| Median ($) | 32.57 | 27.86 | -14.5% |
| SD | 1,340.64 | 38,715.93 | |
| Compounded prescriptions | 486,886 | 653,360 | 34.2% |
| Ingredient cost | |||
| Mean ($) | 308.49 | 710.36 | 130.3% |
| Median ($) | 61.00 | 94.49 | 54.9% |
| SD | 1,220.27 | 3,076.07 | |
| PUPY utilization | 1.98 | 2.02 | 2.0% |
| Compounded prescriptions as percentage of prescription claims | 6.9 | 6.8 | -1.8 |
| Compounded prescriptions as percentage of ingredient cost | 13.0 | 22.9 | 76.2 |
| Noncompounded prescriptions | 6,597,075 | 9,024,593 | 36.8% |
| Ingredient cost | |||
| Mean ($) | 148.75 | 160.20 | 7.7% |
| Median ($) | 29.63 | 24.39 | -17.7% |
| SD | 1,351.35 | 40,575.40 | |
PUPY = per user per year; SD = standard deviation.