Prescribed drug spending in Canada — Series

This series of releases on prescribed drug spending in Canada highlights trends and patterns in public drug program spending over time, and includes a variety of resources such as analyses, data tables, infographics and methodology notes.

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Prescribed drug spending in Canada, 2023

Take an in-depth look at prescribed drug spending in Canada in 2022 and learn about how different drug classes contribute to current trends in total public drug program spending.

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Prescribed drug spending in Canada, 2021 (ZIP) (ZIP)

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November 4, 2021

These data tables look at top drug classes in terms of public drug program spending and rate of use by jurisdiction, sex, age group, neighbourhood income and geographic location.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Top 100 Drug Classes, 2019 Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
December 17, 2020

These data tables look at top drug classes in terms of public drug program spending and rate of use by jurisdiction, sex, age group, neighbourhood income and geographic location.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — International Comparisons, Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
December 17, 2020

These data tables look at international comparisons for pharmaceutical spending.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Methodology notes
December 17, 2020

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs (PDF)

Report
December 17, 2020

This report looks at prescribed drug spending and public drug program spending in 2019 in all provinces, Yukon and 1 federal program administered by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Top 100 Drug Classes, 2018 Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
December 17, 2019

These data tables look at top drug classes in terms of public drug program spending and rate of use by jurisdiction, sex, age group, neighbourhood income and geographic location.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Methodology notes
December 17, 2019

This document looks at the methodology that was used to generate the Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada report.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — International Comparisons, Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
December 17, 2019

These data tables look at international comparisons for pharmaceutical spending.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs (PDF)

Report
December 17, 2019

This report looks at prescribed drug spending and public drug program spending in 2018 in all provinces, Yukon and 1 federal program administered by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2018: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Methodology notes
November 20, 2018

This document describes the methodology used to generate the related report.

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Prescribed drug spending in Canada, 2021 (ZIP) (ZIP)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Top 100 Drug Classes, 2019 Data Tables (XLSX)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — International Comparisons, Data Tables (XLSX)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2020: A Focus on Public Drug Programs (PDF)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Top 100 Drug Classes, 2018 Data Tables (XLSX)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — International Comparisons, Data Tables (XLSX)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Programs (PDF)

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2018: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)