An elderly patient spends 50,000 won a month at pharmacy

The elderly patients, over 65 years old, who visited a pharmacy, paid around 50,346 won on average, according to a report by the National Health Insurance Corporation on September 4.

The doctors' bills for these older people have increased. Their bills totaled 2.1 trillion won, a 24.7 percent up from that of last year. The portion also takes up 27.1 percent of the expenses for the whole gene...