For 2024, spending on prescription medicines increased by more than eight percent compared to the previous year. This value includes only retail drug spending, excluding nonretail. This statistic shows the spending growth for prescription medicines in the United States from 2000 to 2024.
Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 2000 to 2024
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CMS. (October 9, 2024). Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 2000 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215472/spending-growth-for-prescription-medicines-in-the-us/
CMS. "Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 2000 to 2024." Chart. October 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215472/spending-growth-for-prescription-medicines-in-the-us/
CMS. (2024). Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 2000 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215472/spending-growth-for-prescription-medicines-in-the-us/
CMS. "Spending Growth for Prescription Medicines in The U.S. from 2000 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215472/spending-growth-for-prescription-medicines-in-the-us/
CMS, Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 2000 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215472/spending-growth-for-prescription-medicines-in-the-us/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Spending growth for prescription medicines in the U.S. from 2000 to 2024 [Graph], CMS, October 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/215472/spending-growth-for-prescription-medicines-in-the-us/
