This statistic displays the top 15 drugs for Medicare spent the most on, in the U.S. during 2015. On Harvoni, a hepatitis C drug, Medicare spent more than seven billion U.S. dollars during that year.
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Top 15 costliest drugs for Medicare in 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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This statistic displays the top 15 drugs for Medicare spent the most on, in the U.S. during 2015. On Harvoni, a hepatitis C drug, Medicare spent more than seven billion U.S. dollars during that year.
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This statistic displays the top 15 drugs for Medicare spent the most on, in the U.S. during 2015. On Harvoni, a hepatitis C drug, Medicare spent more than seven billion U.S. dollars during that year.
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Statistics on "Medicare"
- Overview
The most important statistics
- Distribution of U.S. health care expenditure from 2014 to 2017, by payerU.S. health care expenditure distribution by payer 2014-2017
- Percentage of people covered by Medicare in the United States from 1990 to 2016Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicare 1990-2016
- Characteristics of the Medicare population in 2017Characteristics of the Medicare population 2017
- Total Medicare income from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*Total Medicare income 1970-2017
- Estimated sources of Medicare revenue in 2017*Estimated Medicare revenue sources 2017
- Total Medicare assets at year-end from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Total Medicare assets at year-end 1970-2017
- Spending/costs
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- Spending distribution of Medicare and Medicaid in the United States in 2015*Spending distribution of Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. 2015
- Total Medicare spending from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*Total Medicare spending 1970-2017
- Medicare benefit payments by type of service in 2007 and 2017Medicare benefit payments by type of service 2007 vs 2017
- Distribution of Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Medicare benefit payments from 2011 to 2015*Supplementary Medical Insurance Medicare benefit payments 2011-2015
- Distribution of Hospital Insurance (HI) Medicare benefit payments from 2011 to 2015*Hospital Insurance Medicare benefit payments 2011-2015
- Top U.S. not-for-profit hospitals by Medicare patient charges as of 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)*Leading U.S. not-for-profit hospitals by Medicare patient charges 2016
- Top 10 traditional therapy classes in the U.S. by Medicare per-member-per-year (PMPY) spending in 2016 (in U.S. dollars)*Leading medical traditional therapy areas by Medicare PMPY spending 2016
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- Distribution of Medicare beneficiaries in 2016, by ethnicityDistribution of Medicare beneficiaries 2016, by ethnicity
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- Top 10 U.S. states based on Medicare beneficiaries as a percentage of total population in 2015Top U.S. states by Medicare beneficiaries as a percentage of total population 2015
- Top 10 U.S. states based on number of Medicare beneficiaries in 2015Top U.S. states by number of Medicare beneficiaries 2015
- Infrastructure
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- Number of Medicare hospital facilities in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*Medicare - number of hospital facilities in the U.S. 1967-2016
- Total number of Medicare hospital beds in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*Medicare - total number of hospital beds in the U.S. 1967-2016
- Number of Medicare skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*Medicare - number of skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. 1967-2016
- Number of Medicare home health agencies in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*Medicare - number of home health agencies in the U.S. 1967-2016
- Number of Medicare psychiatric hospital facilities in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*Medicare - number of psychiatric hospital facilities in the U.S. 1967-2016
- Drugs
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- Top 15 costliest drugs for Medicare in 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)Medicare's costliest drugs 2015
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- Health spending distribution in the United States in 2013 and 2015 and projections for 2025, by payer*Health spending distribution in the United States by payer 2013-2025
- Medicare outlays and forecast in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. Medicare outlays and forecast 2000-2028
- Medicare outlays and forecast in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (as a percentage of the GDP)U.S. Medicare outlays and forecast 2000-2028 as a percentage of the GDP
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- Estimated sources of Medicare revenue in 2017*
- Total Medicare assets at year-end from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Spending distribution of Medicare and Medicaid in the United States in 2015*
- Total Medicare spending from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Top 10 traditional therapy classes in the U.S. by Medicare per-member-per-year (PMPY) spending in 2016 (in U.S. dollars)*
- Distribution of Medicare beneficiaries in 2016, by ethnicity
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- Top 10 U.S. states based on Medicare beneficiaries as a percentage of total population in 2015
- Top 10 U.S. states based on number of Medicare beneficiaries in 2015
- Number of Medicare hospital facilities in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*
- Number of Medicare home health agencies in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*
- Number of Medicare psychiatric hospital facilities in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*
- Prescription drugs spending in the United States from 2010 to 2015, by payer
- Out-of-pocket costs per Medicare Part D retail prescription by therapy area in 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
- Leading Medicare Part B cancer drugs based on average sales price per dosage in 2014 (in U.S. dollars)
- Health spending distribution in the United States in 2013 and 2015 and projections for 2025, by payer*
- Medicare outlays and forecast in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Medicare outlays and forecast in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (as a percentage of the GDP)
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- Medicare benefit payments by type of service in 2007 and 2017
- Distribution of Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Medicare benefit payments from 2011 to 2015*
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- Top U.S. not-for-profit hospitals by Medicare patient charges as of 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Enrollment in the Medicare program from 1966 to 2015, by type of beneficiary (in millions)
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- Top 10 cancer drugs based on annual Medicare Part B payments in 2014 (in million U.S. dollars)
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- Projected 2020 revenue for top drugs approved in the U.S. in 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Total drug expenditures in Canada by type and finance source in 2012 and 2017 (in billion Canadian dollars)
- Annual turnover generated by homeopathic drugs in Italy in 2016 and 2017 (in million euros)
- Usage rate of top 10 drug classes prescribed to seniors in Canada in 2016, by gender*
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