National trends in prescription drug expenditures and projections for 2020

National trends in prescription drug expenditures and projections for 2016.

PURPOSE Historical trends and factors likely to influence future pharmaceutical expenditures are discussed, and projections are made for drug spending in 2016 in nonfederal hospitals, clinics, and overall (all sectors). METHODS Drug expenditure data through calendar year 2015 were obtained from the IMS Health National Sales Perspectives database and analyzed. Other factors that may influence ...

Trends in retail prescription expenditures.

National health expenditures projections through 2030

If current laws and practices continue, health expenditures in the United States will reach $1.7 trillion by the year 2000, an amount equal to 18.1 percent of the Nation's gross domestic product (GDP). By the year 2030, as America's baby boomers enter their seventies and eighties, health spending will top $16 trillion, or 32 percent of GDP. The projections presented here incorporate the assumpt...

Prescription drug expenditures rising--too fast?

Factors Contributing to Increases in Prescription Drug Expenditures Borne by National Health Insurance in South Korea

PURPOSE Rapid growth of prescription drug expenditures is a problem in South Korea. The objective of this study was to assess the contributions of four variables (therapeutic choice, drug-mix, original use, and price changes) to increases in drug expenditures paid by the National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted between January ...