The share of pharmaceutical expenses
shouldered by Italian citizens grew by 9.8% in 2023 compared to
the previous year, data from medicine agency Aifa showed on
Tuesday.
Italians spent 7.1 billion euros on class-C prescription drugs
with costs driven up by a rise in medicine prices and the
prescription of more expensive drugs, Aifa said in its 2023
Osmed study.
Overall, total pharmaceutical expenses grew by 6%, reaching 36.2
billion euros, 68.7% of which were reimbursed by the National
Healthcare Service.
A total of 1,899 doses of medicines every 1,000 residents were
consumed every day in Italy in 2023, including 69.7% which were
paid for by the NHS and the remaining 30.3% which were directly
bought by citizens, according to Aifa.
The most widely used drugs concerned the cardiovascular and
gastrointestinal systems and blood, the study said.
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