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Prescription medicines: U.S. spending growth 1999-2017
Prescription medicines: U.S. spending growth 1999-2017
Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 1999 to 2017*
by Matej Mikulic,
last edited
Aug 8, 2019
This statistic shows the spending growth for prescription medicines in the United States from 1999 to 2017. In 1999, spending on prescription medicines had increased by 18.4 percent compared to the previous year.
Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 1999 to 2017*
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| Spending growth | |
|---|---|
| 2017** | 3% |
| 2016** | 5% |
| 2015** | 6% |
| 2014 | 12.2% |
| 2013 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5% |
| 2009 | 5% |
| 2008 | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 9.3% |
| 2005 | 6.4% |
| 2004 | 9% |
| 2003 | 11.9% |
| 2002 | 14% |
| 2001 | 14.7% |
| 2000 | 15.4% |
| 1999 | 18.4% |
| Spending growth | |
|---|---|
| 2017** | 3% |
| 2016** | 5% |
| 2015** | 6% |
| 2014 | 12.2% |
| 2013 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5% |
| 2009 | 5% |
| 2008 | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 9.3% |
| 2005 | 6.4% |
| 2004 | 9% |
| 2003 | 11.9% |
| 2002 | 14% |
| 2001 | 14.7% |
| 2000 | 15.4% |
| 1999 | 18.4% |
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by Matej Mikulic,
last edited
Aug 8, 2019
This statistic shows the spending growth for prescription medicines in the United States from 1999 to 2017. In 1999, spending on prescription medicines had increased by 18.4 percent compared to the previous year.
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- 1999 to 2017
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* Total retail sales including brand medicines and generics.
This statistic was assembled from several Chart Pack editions.
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- United States
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- 1999 to 2017
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* Total retail sales including brand medicines and generics.
This statistic was assembled from several Chart Pack editions.
** Minimum estimate. - Open this statistic in...
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