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Publication, Part of Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community
Hospital Prescribing - England, 2005
Official statistics- Publication Date:
- 29 Nov 2006
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Regions, Country, Strategic Health Authorities
- Date Range:
- 01 Jan 2005 to 31 Dec 2005
Summary
This bulletin presents data on the use of drugs in hospitals and in the community both overall and for selected areas of prescribing, including drugs positively appraised by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
Highlights
- While the cost of prescribing in primary care fell by 2 per cent (due to price changes introduced in February and April 2005) the estimated cost of drugs (using standard price lists) used in hospitals rose by 2.3 per cent. Medicines prescribed in hospital but dispensed in the community rose by 7.4 per cent in cost. The corresponding growth figures in 2004 were 7.5 per cent, 10.7 per cent and 14.8 per cent respectively.
- Medicines issued in hospital represented 23.1 per cent of the total cost of medicines which was 10.3 billion.
- Many of the of the drugs positively appraised by NICE are only used in a hospital setting (eg abciximab).
- Drugs issued in hospital formed a significant share of the total for opioids (both analgesia and opiate dependence), for the treatment of dementia and for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- There are large variations in the proportion of medicines issued by different methods between strategic health authorities.
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