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Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 1993

[Drug Expenditures] [Table of Contents]

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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