This statistic shows the leading therapy areas in U.S. healthcare in terms of patients treated in 2013. In that year, almost 46 million people were treated for hypertension in the United States. Patients shown in these leading chronic therapy areas represent some 45 percent
of spending and 51 percent of prescriptions in 2013.
Leading U.S. medical therapy areas by patients treated in 2013 (in millions)*
* On-therapy patients. On-therapy patients are defined as those who have received a
dispensed prescription in prior months and for which the amount
of medicine and dosage prescribed has not been exhausted.
This data excludes mail order and long-term care.
Therapy areas are based on proprietary IMS Health definitions.
Patients treated in these 20 leading chronic therapy areas
represent 45% of spending and 61% of prescriptions in 2013.
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IMS Health. (April 30, 2014). Leading U.S. medical therapy areas by patients treated in 2013 (in millions)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/238699/us-therapies-ranked-by-patients-treated/
IMS Health. "Leading U.S. medical therapy areas by patients treated in 2013 (in millions)*." Chart. April 30, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238699/us-therapies-ranked-by-patients-treated/
IMS Health. (2014). Leading U.S. medical therapy areas by patients treated in 2013 (in millions)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238699/us-therapies-ranked-by-patients-treated/
IMS Health. "Leading U.S. Medical Therapy Areas by Patients Treated in 2013 (in Millions)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238699/us-therapies-ranked-by-patients-treated/
IMS Health, Leading U.S. medical therapy areas by patients treated in 2013 (in millions)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238699/us-therapies-ranked-by-patients-treated/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Leading U.S. medical therapy areas by patients treated in 2013 (in millions)* [Graph], IMS Health, April 30, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/238699/us-therapies-ranked-by-patients-treated/
