Drug spending share in hospitals in Canada by province 2018

This statistic displays drug spending as a percentage of total hospital spending in Canada by province in 2018. In that year, an estimated 6.1 percent of all spending in hospitals in Ontario was spent on drugs, the highest share of any province in Canada.

Drug spending as a percentage of total hospital spending in Canada by province in 2018*

Characteristic	Drug spending as a percentage of total hospital spending
Ontario	6.1%
New Brunswick	5.1%
Nova Scotia	5.1%
British Columbia	4.2%
Newfoundland & Labrador	3.9%
Prince Edward Island	3.5%
Alberta	3.2%
Saskatchewan	2.9%
Manitoba	2.8%

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Release date

December 2020

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Canada

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

* Includes only drug spending borne by hospitals. Spending on drugs used in hospitals but funded through other agencies, such as provincial cancer agencies, is excluded. As a result, Manitoba and Saskatchewan cancer drug spending data is not available. Quebec cancer drug spending data is not available.

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