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Table 2 Standardized 30-day claims of all PPI, benzodiazepine, or antipsychotic drugs from 2013 to 2019 for beneficiaries over 65 yearsa,b

From: Prescribing trends of proton pump inhibitors, antipsychotics and benzodiazepines of medicare part d providers

PPI Class

2013 (n = 1,525,617,121)

2014 (n = 1,623,590,539)

2015 (n = 1,705,969,287)

2016 (n = 1,807,356,444)

2017 (n = 1,900,796,290)

2018 (n = 2,002,880,967)

2019 (n = 2,107,865,407)

Dexlansoprazole

1,380,477 (904.9)

1,505,394 (927.2)

1,625,004 (952.5)

1,703,889 (942.8)

1,695,956 (892.2)

1,610,572 (804.1)

1,610,456 (764.0)

Esomeprazole

8,399,067 (5505.4)

7,893,796 (4861.9)

6,715,893 (3936.7)

6,098,071 (3374.0)

5,556,476 (2923.2)

5,242,718 (2617.6)

5,350,628 (2538.4)

Lansoprazole

2,544,238 (1667.7)

2,574,546 (1585.7)

2,599,759 (1523.9)

2,094,272 (1158.7)

1,828,125 (961.8)

1,706,397 (852.0)

1,758,957 (834.5)

Omeprazole

39,094,935 (25,625.7)

41,844,057 (25,772.5)

43,825,968 (25,689.8)

44,688,976 (24,726.2)

44,796,720 (23,567.3)

44,997,662 (22,466.5)

46,085,910 (21,863.8)

Pantoprazole

11,652,900 (7638.2)

14,646,066 (9020.8)

17,225,462 (10,097.2)

19,669,593 (10,883.1)

22,436,785 (11,803.9)

25,311,162 (12,637.4)

28,386,189 (13,466.8)

Rabeprazole

400,978 (262.8)

418,531 (257.8)

425,075 (249.2)

429,043 (237.4)

404,367 (212.7)

394,507 (197.0)

407,139 (193.2)

Totalc

63,472,595 (41,604.5)

68,882,390 (42,426.0)

72,417,161 (42,449.3)

74,683,844 (41,322.1)

76,718,429 (40,361.2)

79,263,017 (39,574.5)

83,599,279 (39,660.6)

Benzodiazepines

 Alprazolam

9,054,121 (5934.7)

9,984,091 (6149.4)

10,647,341 (6241.2)

10,922,480 (6043.3)

10,791,550 (5677.4)

10,562,729 (5273.8)

10,065,051 (4775.0)

 Chlordiazepoxide

133,488 (87.5)

137,074 (84.4)

125,893 (73.8)

138,132 (76.4)

143,115 (75.3)

129,533 (64.7)

123,152 (58.4)

 Clonazepam

4,931,284 (3232.3)

5,554,184 (3420.9)

5,845,004 (3426.2)

6,117,389 (3384.7)

6,214,469 (3269.4)

6,236,771 (3113.9)

6,122,109 (2904.4)

 Clorazepate

300,691 (197.1)

329,567 (203)

322,971 (189.3)

301,343 (166.7)

272,138 (143.2)

242,187 (120.9)

200,841 (95.3)

 Diazepam

2,245,451 (1471.8)

2,443,486 (1505.0)

2,462,614 (1443.5)

2,505,014 (1386.0)

2,457,803 (1293.0)

2,351,823 (1174.2)

2,237,533 (1061.5)

 Estazolam

45,475 (29.8)

47,633 (29.3)

46,411 (27.2)

46,938 (26)

46,512 (24.5)

45,366 (22.7)

49,049 (23.3)

 Eszopiclone

580,254 (380.3)

526,896 (324.5)

419,267 (245.8)

408,970 (226.3)

447,786 (235.6)

463,569 (231.5)

466,642 (221.4)

 Flurazepam

50,117 (32.9)

41,737 (25.7)

36,383 (21.3)

28,040 (15.5)

22,756 (12)

23,313 (11.6)

9776 (4.6)

 Lorazepam

7,761,603 (5087.5)

8,265,974 (5091.2)

8,551,799 (5012.9)

8,687,678 (4806.8)

8,362,089 (4399.3)

7,919,633 (3954.1)

7,433,428 (3536.5)

 Oxazepam

117,709 (77.2)

114,033 (70.2)

103,174 (60.5)

91,252 (50.5)

79,027 (41.6)

71,611 (35.8)

62,830 (29.8)

 Temazepam

2,791,499 (1829.8)

3,155,738 (1943.7)

3,162,469 (1853.8)

2,985,863 (1652.1)

2,828,484 (1488.1)

2,782,561 (1389.3)

2,460,749 (1167.4)

 Triazolam

167,771 (110)

154,825 (95.4)

142,649 (83.6)

120,877 (66.9)

112,632 (59.3)

107,776 (53.8)

103,389 (49.0)

 Zolpidem

9,604,632 (6295.6)

8,214,618 (5059.5)

6,626,870 (3884.5)

5,952,027 (3293.2)

6,319,613 (3324.7)

6,658,375 (3324.4)

6,550,034 (3107.4)

Totalc

37,784,095 (24,766.4)

38,969,856 (24,002.3)

38,492,846 (22,563.6)

38,306,005 (21,194.5)

38,097,973 (20,043.2)

37,595,246 (18,770.6)

35,884,583 (17,024.1)

Antipsychotics

 Amoxapine

14,580 (9.6)

14,304 (8.8)

13,658 (8.0)

13,022 (7.2)

10,523 (5.5)

3548 (1.8)

4527 (2.1)

 Aripiprazole

1,039,944 (681.7)

1,097,009 (675.7)

1,061,993 (622.5)

1,107,915 (613.0)

1,261,167 (663.5)

1,453,819 (725.9)

1,680,325 (797.2)

 Asenapine

22,847 (15.0)

24,668 (15.2)

25,991 (15.2)

27,770 (15.4)

28,319 (14.9)

28,525 (14.2)

28,477 (13.5)

 Chlorpromazine

96,755 (63.4)

95,848 (59.0)

91,879 (53.9)

87,516 (48.4)

84,630 (44.5)

84,354 (42.1)

87,195 (41.4)

 Clozapine

165,723 (108.6)

177,990 (109.6)

187,585 (110.0)

198,042 (109.6)

205,617 (108.2)

221,301 (110.5)

229,311 (108.8)

 Haloperidol

512,097 (335.7)

503,232 (310.0)

484,145 (283.8)

471,944 (261.1)

454,201 (239.0)

418,037 (208.7)

254,519 (120.7)

 Iloperidone

11,416 (7.5)

13,468 (8.3)

12,824 (7.5)

11,546 (6.4)

11,145 (5.9)

11,922 (6.0)

12,142 (5.8)

 Loxapine

30,034 (19.7)

31,148 (19.2)

31,149 (18.3)

34,058 (17.7)

32,667 (17.2)

33,333 (16.6)

32,799 (15.6)

 Olanzapine

1,510,182 (989.9)

1,566,810 (965.0)

1,632,941 (957.2)

1,730,381 (957.4)

1,822,656 (958.9)

1,924,529 (960.9)

2,030,909 (963.5)

 Paliperidone

45,177 (29.6)

50,295 (31.0)

53,023 (31.1)

58,124 (32.2)

63,752 (33.5)

71,569 (35.7)

79,408 (37.7)

 Quetiapine

4,303,901 (2821.1)

4,605,672 (2836.7)

4,879,421 (2860.2)

5,213,015 (2884.3)

5,569,245 (2930.0)

5,978,830 (2985.1)

6,409,240 (3040.6)

 Risperidone

2,617,402 (1715.6)

2,562,152 (1578.1)

2,497,330 (1463.9)

2,488,164 (1376.7)

2,461,674 (1295.1)

2,468,146 (1232.3)

2,511,367 (1191.4)

Totalc

10,370,056 (6797.3)

10,742,595 (6616.6)

10,971,938 (6431.5)

11,439,496 (6329.4)

12,005,595 (6316.1)

12,697,912 (6339.8)

13,360,219 (6338.3)

  1. aTotal may be more or less than sum of columns due to rounding bStandardized 30-day PPI, benzodiazepine, or antipsychotic claims per 1,000,000 30-day claims in parentheses cPer Cochran-Armitage trend test, p-value was < 0.0001 for all total class level yearly trends