Household's drug outlays in second quarter dipped 4.3%

Korea's average household monthly outlays in the second quarter of this year amounted to 1,896,000 won, up 6.1 percent compared with the same period of 2002, the National Statistics Office reported recently.

According to the NSO officials, the average household outlays for drug and medical service plunged by 4.3 percent and 0.6 percent from a year earlier, but those for medical devic...