Top traditional therapy classes unit cost change U.S. 2020

Prescribed anticoagulants were among the classes with an increase, with a 2.8 percent growth in unit cost in 2020. This statistic shows leading traditional therapeutic areas in the United States and the change in unit cost during 2020.

Unit cost change of leading traditional therapy classes in the U.S. in 2020

Characteristic	Unit cost change
Diabetes	11.8%
Gastrointestinal disorders	6.1%
Mental/neurological disorders	5.4%
Anticoagulants	2.8%
Skin conditions	0.6%
Depression	-7.1%
High blood pressure/heart disease	-9.4%
Asthma	-17.6%
Pain/inflammation	-19.1%
Attention disorders	-19.4%

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Release date

April 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Special properties

commercial insurance coverage

Supplementary notes

Unit cost trend is defined as the rate of change in costs due to inflation, discounts, drug mix, rebates and member cost share.
The statistic includes members with commercial insurance coverage. Members used Express Scripts for retail and home delivery pharmacy services; they used Accredo, the Express Scripts specialty pharmacy, for specialty drug prescriptions.

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