Publication, Part of Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community
Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community 2018 - 2019
Official statistics
Results
Cost at list price of medicines was £18.9 billion in 2018/19
This is an increase of 4.1% from £18.2 billion in 2017/18
Hospital use accounted for 53.7% of the total cost at list price in 2018/19
This is a value of £10.2 billion, and has increased from £9.2 billion in 2017/18, when hospital use accounted for 50.3% of the total cost at list price
In 2018/19, the total hospital cost at list price increased by 11.1% on the previous year
This is in contrast to a decrease of 2.8% in cost at list price for primary care
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