This statistic displays the proportion of the top 10 drug classes based on total public drug program expenditures for non-seniors in Canada in 2020. In that year, 2.7 percent of total drug program spending for non-seniors was dedicated to drugs used in the treatment of opioid dependence.
Distribution of top 10 drug classes in Canada by total public drug program spending on non-seniors in 2020*
* Currently, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not submit data to NPDUIS.
** Spending on antivirals for treatment of hepatitis C infections in Prince Edward Island is not included in NPDUIS.
*** Spending on antivirals for treatment of HIV infections in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia is
not included in NPDUIS.
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CIHI. (November 4, 2021). Distribution of top 10 drug classes in Canada by total public drug program spending on non-seniors in 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/441135/share-of-public-drug-program-spending-non-seniors-canada-by-top-drug-classes/
CIHI. "Distribution of top 10 drug classes in Canada by total public drug program spending on non-seniors in 2020*." Chart. November 4, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/441135/share-of-public-drug-program-spending-non-seniors-canada-by-top-drug-classes/
CIHI. (2021). Distribution of top 10 drug classes in Canada by total public drug program spending on non-seniors in 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/441135/share-of-public-drug-program-spending-non-seniors-canada-by-top-drug-classes/
CIHI. "Distribution of Top 10 Drug Classes in Canada by Total Public Drug Program Spending on Non-seniors in 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/441135/share-of-public-drug-program-spending-non-seniors-canada-by-top-drug-classes/
CIHI, Distribution of top 10 drug classes in Canada by total public drug program spending on non-seniors in 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/441135/share-of-public-drug-program-spending-non-seniors-canada-by-top-drug-classes/ (last visited June 29, 2022)
