Drug and Pharmacy-Related Facts & Stats

Drugs/Pharmaceuticals:  

• The Top Rx Drugs in Canada 2008 (Pharmacy Practice -  April/May 2009) 
• Top 200 branded drugs by total prescriptions in 2008 (United States) (Drug Topics - May 26, 2009)
• Top 200 branded drugs by retail dollars in 2008 (United States) (Drug Topics - May 26, 2009)
• Top 200 generic drugs by total prescriptions in 2008 (United States) (Drug Topics - May 26, 2009)
• Top 200 generic drugs by retail dollars in 2008 (United States) (Drug Topics – May 26, 2009)
• Top 200 OTC/HBC brands in 2007 (United States) (Drug Topics – Feb 25, 2008)
• Canadian Generic Drug Sector Study (Ottawa: Competition Bureau Canada; October 2007)
• IMS Health. Press Room: Top-Line Industry Data
• OECD Health Data 2009
• Annual Statistical Report Supplement:  Medical Services Insurance (MSI) Tables 2007 - 2008 (Nova Scotia.  Department of Health)
• Annual Statistical Report Fiscal 2006-2007 (Nova Scotia Department of Health)
• AAPCC Annual Reports (American Association of Poison Control Centers)
• Kaiser Family Foundation Prescription Drug Trends Fact Sheets
• Medco Health Solutions, Inc.  Drug Trend Resource Center.  Medco's Annual Drug Trend Report.
• Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.  Tufts CSDD Outlook Report (Outlook 2009 is freely accessible in PDF; Outlook Reports for the years 2000 – 2008 are available upon request.)
• Facts & Statistics from the pharmaceutical industry - (The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry - ABPI)

Pharmacy

• Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA). Blueprint for Pharmacy:  Designing the Future Together.
• Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA). Moving Forward: Pharmacy Human Resources for the Future.
• Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA). How to Become a Pharmcist.
• Occupation: Pharmacists (Nova Scotia Labour & Workforce Development)
• Occupational Health Handbook (OOH): Pharmacists (2008-09 Edition, US Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). 2006. Global pharmacy workforce and migration report:  A call to action.
• Trends & Insights.  Tendances et Perspectives 2007
• Walton SM, Knapp KK, Miller L, Schumock GT. Examination of state-level changes in the pharmacist labor market using Census data. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2007 May-Jun;47(3):348-57. - Available free through Medscape
• Drug Claims by Seniors: An Analysis Focusing on Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use, 2000 to 2006 (September 2007)
• Stagnitti, M. N. Comparing population characteristics of persons purchasing prescribed drugs from mail order pharmacies with persons purchasing prescribed drugs from other outlets, 2005. Statistical Brief #200. February 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
• Employer Health Benefits 2008 Annual Survey

Fitness & Obesity

• Jia H, Lubetkin EI.  Trends in quality-adjusted life-years lost contributed by smoking and obesity.  Am J Prev Med.  2010; 38(2):138-144. 

The following two studies and editorial are related:

• Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Curtin LR. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008. JAMA. 2010 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print].
• Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, Lamb MM, Flegal KM. Prevalence of high body mass index in US children and adolescents, 2007-2008. JAMA. 2010 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print]. 
• Gaziano JM. Fifth phase of the epidemiologic transition: The age of obesity and inactivity. JAMA. 2010 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print].

The next two reports are from Statistics Canada:

• Shields M, Tremblay MS, Laviolette M, Craig CL, Janssen I, Connor Gorber S.  Fitness of Canadian adults:  Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.  Health Rep. 2010 Mar;21(1):1-15.
• Tremblay MS, Shields M, Laviolette M, Craig CL, Janssen I, Connor Gorber S.  Fitness of Canadian children and youth:  Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.  Health Rep. 2010 Mar;21(1):1-14.

Canada

• Antipsychotic use in seniors:  An analysis focusing on drug claims, 2001 to 2007.  Ottawa ON:  Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); July 9, 2009 
• U.S. medical bankruptcies a myth; personal bankruptcy rate higher in Canada. Fraser Institute. July 7, 2009.  
• Generic Drugs in Canada: A Policy Paper (April 2007) - CTAC  
• Canada's Drug Price Paradox 2008
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPB). Annual Reports
• Distribution and Internal Migration of Canada's Health Care Workforce 
• Health Care in Canada (Download Page)
• Re$earch Infosource Inc.  publishes several “Canada’s top 100” lists. Recently published and on their website is Canada’s top 100 corporate R & D spenders 2008.  This list includes the names of several pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• Skinner BJ, Rovere M.  Paying more, getting less:  Measuring the sustainability of government health spending in Canada:  2008 report.  Calgary AB:  Fraser Institute; October 2008.
• Marrett LD, De P, Airia P, Dryer D.  Cancer in Canada in 2008.  Steering committee of Canadian cancer statistics 2008.  CMAJ. 2008 Nov 18;179(11):1163-70.
• Canadian Institute for Health Information.  Workforce trends of pharmacists for selected provinces and territories in Canada, 2007. Ottawa ON:  Canadian Institute for Health Information; December 1, 2008.
• The news release cited below announces the latest CIHI National Health Expenditure Trends report:
  • News release:  Spending on health care to reach $5,170 per Canadian in 2008: Health expenditure as a proportion of GDP grows to an estimated 10.7%.  Ottawa ON:  Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI);  November 13, 2008.
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information.  National health expenditure trends:  1975 to 2009.  Ottawa ON:  Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); April 16, 2009.
• Study: Beverage consumption by children and adults.  The Daily [Statistics Canada].  November 19, 2008.
• Statistics Canada.  Income Statistics Division.  Spending patterns in Canada 2007.  Cat. No. 62-202-X.  Ottawa ON:  Statistics Canada; December 2008.
• This news report refers to the 2nd edition of the Canadian Rx Atlas:
  • Fayerman P.  British Columbians biggest users of erectile dysfunction medication.  Vancouver Sun.  February 17, 2009.
  • Morgan S, Raymond C, Mooney D, Martin D.  The Canadian Rx atlas.  2nd ed.  Vancouver BC:  UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 2008.
• IMS Canada
• Press release:  IMS Health reports retail prescription volume grew 7.1 percent in 2008:  Generics prescriptions primary driver of growth.  Montreal QC:  IMS Canada; March 26, 2009.  (. . . includes link to seven tables “. . . detailing 2008 Canadian pharmaceutical market performance.”
• National issues of concern:  What is your most important national issue of concern [Unprompted].  Toronto ON:  NANOS Research; March 28, 2009.
• Canadian pharmaceutical market outlook to 2013:  Policy environment, market structure, pipeline analysis, growth opportunities. London:  Piribo Limited; March 2009.  (Please note:  All that are freely accessible are the summary, table of contents and list of figures; the full report is priced at more than $3000 in Canadian funds.)
• Orpana HM, Ross N, Feeny D et al.  The natural history of health-related quality of life:  A 1-year cohort study. Health Reports [Statistics Canada].  2009 Mar;20(1):1-7.

United States

• Keckley PH, Underwood HR, Gandhi M.  Retail clinics:  Update and implications.  Washington DC:  Deloitte Center for Health Solution; 2009. 
• Schondelmeyer SW, Purvis L, Gross DJ.  Rx watchdog report:  Drug prices continue to climb despite lack of growth in general inflation rate.  Insight on the Issues [AARP: Washington DC] 2009 Nov;36:1-13.
• Nahin RL, Barnes PM, Stussman BJ, Bloom B. Costs of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and frequency of visits to CAM practitioners: United States, 2007. National Health Statistics Reports; No 18. Hyattsville MD: US National Center for Health Statistics. 2009. 
• Barnes PM, Bloom B, Nahin RL. Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007.  National health statistics reports; no 12. Hyattsville MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008.
• Early release of selected estimates based on data from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey.  Atlanta GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; June 24, 2009. 
• Employer health benefits:  2008 annual survey.  Menlo Park CA/Chicago IL:   Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust; September 2008.
• News Release:  Towers Perrin health care cost survey shows average annual per-employee cost of $9,660 in 2009 -- and the health care affordability gap widens:  High-performing companies[1] again beat low performers on costs by double-digit percentages — informing policy debate with insights into what works in health care.  Stamford CT:  Towers Perrin; September 24, 2008. 
• Cunningham PJ.  Trade-offs getting tougher:  Problems paying medical bills increase for U.S. Families, 2003-2007.  Tracking Report [Center for Studying Health System Change; Washington DC] 2008 Sep;No. 21:[1-5].
• Spindle, L.  Out-of-pocket costs grow in Medicare part D.  Avalere:  The intersection of business strategy and public policy.  December 11, 2008.
• Prescription drug trends.  Menlo Park CA:  the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation; September  2008.
• Jemal A, Thun MJ, Ries LA et al.  Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2005, featuring trends in lung cancer, tobacco use, and tobacco control.  J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Dec 3;100(23):1672-94. 
• Poll: Health coverage in an economic downturn: Impact of tight budgets on families and states.  Menlo Park CA:  the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation; November 2008.
• Hartman M, Martin A, McDonnell P, Catlin A. National Health Expenditure Accounts Team.  National health spending in 2007:  Slower drug spending contributes to lowest rate of overall growth since 1998. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):246-61. 
• Stagnitti MN.  Trends in outpatient prescription analgesics utilization and expenditures for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, 1996 and 2006.  [MEPS] Statistical Brief [US AHRQ; Rockville MD].  2009 Feb; #235:1-8.
• Soni A.  The top five therapeutic classes of outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expense for adults age 18 and older in the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population, 2006.  [MEPS] Statistical Brief [US AHRQ; Rockville MD]. 2009 Jan;#232; 1-6.
• Felland LE, Reschovsky JD.  More nonelderly American face problems affording prescription drugs.  Tracking Report [Center for Studying Health System Change; Washington DC]. 2009 Jan;No.22:[1-4].
• Medical expenditure panel survey.  Table 3:  Total expenses for selected conditions by type of service:  United States, 2006 expenses are reported in millions.  Rockville MD:  U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (Amounts spent on “prescribed medicines” for more than five dozen conditions are listed.)
• Keyhani S, Federman A.  Fact or fiction:  The need for independent pharmaceutical policy research.  J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Apr 3.
• Zhang Y, Adams AS, Ross-Degnan D et al.  Effects of prior authorization on medication discontinuation among Medicaid beneficiaries with bipolar disorder.  Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Apr;60(4):520-7.
• Kaiser Commission on Medicaid facts.  Medicaid and the uninsured:  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA):  Medicaid and health care provisions. Publication #7872. Washington DC:  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; March 2009.
• The sixth annual HealthGrades patient safety in American hospitals study.  Healthgrades. April 2009.
• Lund JL, Yabroff KR, Ibuka Y et al.   Inventory of Data Sources for Estimating Health Care Costs in the United States. Med Care. 2009 Jun 16. [Epub ahead of print].
• Purvis L, Schondelmeyer SW, Gross DJ.  Rx watchdog report:  Trends in manufacturer prices of prescription drugs used by medicare beneficiaries:  2008 year-end update.  Washington DC:  AARP Public Policy Institution; April 2009.

International

• Euro-Canada health consumer index 2008.  Stockholm-Brussels/Winnipeg:  Health Consumer Powerhouse/Frontier Centre for Public Study; January 21, 2008.
• Backman G, Hunt P, Khosla R et al.  Health systems and the right to health:  An assessment of 194 countries.  Lancet. 2008 Dec 13;372(9655):2047-85.
• Goodman M.  Market watch:  Pharma industry strategic performance: 2007-2012E.  Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2008 Dec;7(12):967.
• Goodman M.  Market watch:  Specialty pharmaceuticals to provide majority of sales by 2012. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2009 Mar;8(3):184.
• News release: IMS health lowers 2009 global pharmaceutical market forecast to 2.5 – 3.5 percent growth. Norwalk CT: IMS Health; April 22, 2009.
• Yang W.  Biotech braves the winter in 1Q09.  Nat Biotechnol.  2009 May;27(5):410.