Publication, Part of Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community
Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community 2019-2020
Official statistics
Results
Cost at list price of medicines was £20.9 billion in 2019/20
This is an increase of 9.9% from £19.0 billion in 2018/19
Hospital use accounted for 55.9% of the total cost at list price in 2019/20
This is a value of £11.7 billion, and has increased from £10.2 billion in 2018/19, when hospital use accounted for 53.9% of the total cost at list price
In 2019/20, the total hospital cost at list price increased by 14.0% on the previous year
This is in contrast to an increase of 5.2% in cost at list price for primary care
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