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Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 1993

1993

Direct Costs

Drug Expenditure Table

DRUG EXPENDITURE BY DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORY, CANADA, 1993
DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORY
1993 Cost
($1000)
% of
Total
Cardiovascular Diseases
1,565,270
21.9
Respiratory Diseases
962,084
13.4
Mental Disorders
601,543
8.4
Digestive Diseases
578,580
8.1
Endocrine and Related Diseases
499,009
7.0
Musculoskeletal Diseases
490,091
6.8
Nervous System and Sense Organ Diseases
444,055
6.2
Genitourinary Diseases
390,325
5.5
Well-patient Care
280,467
3.9
Skin and Related Diseases
277,009
3.9
Cancer
233,810
3.3
Infectious and Parasitic Dieseases
228,628
3.2
Injuries
185,609
2.6
Pregnancy
40,308
0.6
Blood Diseases
30,306
0.4
Birth Defects
12,908
0.2
Perinatal Conditions
7,770
0.1
Ill-defined Conditions
330,809
4.6
TOTAL
7,158,580
100.0
SUBCATEGORY
Chronic Bronchitis / Emphysema / Asthma
401,284
5.6
Coronary Heart Disease
239,224
3.3
Diabetes
160,840
2.2
Stroke
111,595
1.6
Female Cancers
60,152
0.8

 

Sources

Health Canada, Policy and Consultation Branch.
National health expenditures in Canada, 1975-1994.
Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1996. (NHEC)

IMS Canada. Canadian Disease and Therapeu-tic Index, 1989 to 1993. (CDTI)

IMS Canada. Canadian Compuscript, 1989 to 1993. (CS)

IMS Canada. Canadian Pharmaceutical Mar-ket: Drug Store and Hospital Purchases, 1989 to 1993. (CDH)

Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Hospital morbidity, 1992-93.
Ottawa: Minister of Industry, Science and Tech-nology, 1995; Catalogue 82-216.

Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Hospital morbidity, 1992-93 (Unpub-lished tabulations).


* This figure is based on the experience of pharmacists and others in the health care setting. Although we were unable to obtain data to support this assumption, the figure appears to be a generally accepted estimate.7



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