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Table 3 Aggregate Cost in U.S dollars 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 = $71,050,836,274)

2014 (n = $81,973,711,182)

2015 (n = $92,529,508,750)

2016 (n = $100,249,753,916)

2017 (n = $107,531,371,999)

2018 (n = $119,157,323,622)

2019 (n = $132,354,368,318)

Dexlansoprazole

214,257,666 (3016)

271,867,604 (3317)

345,694,553 (3736)

400,355,153 (3994)

428,920,381 (3989)

440,172,126 (3694)

454,994,317 (3438)

Esomeprazole

1,838,406,947 (25,875)

1,950,215,744 (23,791)

1,656,840,791 (17,906)

1,160,036,693 (11,571)

790,467,867 (7351)

548,797,134 (4606)

392,139,694 (2963)

Lansoprazole

175,009,663 (2463)

145,050,920 (1769)

124,945,073 (1350)

89,526,564 (893)

70,548,353 (656)

66,721,947 (560)

61,824,846 (467)

Omeprazole

546,017,766 (7685)

458,143,392 (5589)

402,350,325 (4348)

430,758,245 (4297)

465,339,922 (4327)

461,354,660 (3872)

463,478,280 (3502)

Pantoprazole

169,448,043 (2385)

171,077,701 (2087)

173,546,791 (1876)

187,518,248 (1871)

204,724,125 (1904)

221,413,798 (1858)

260,890,013 (1971)

Rabeprazole

132,084,336 (1859)

55,994,036 (683)

44,772,854 (484)

38,616,122 (385)

33,881,913 (315)

32,600,354 (274)

31,043,886 (235)

Totalc

3,075,224,421 (43,282)

3,052,349,399 (37,236)

2,748,150,386 (29,700)

2,306,811,025 (23,011)

1,993,882,562 (18,542)

1,771,060,019 (14,863)

1,664,371,037 (12,575)

Benzodiazepines

 Alprazolam

59,779,546 (841)

64,897,520 (792)

70,841,054 (766)

78,206,882 (780)

76,334,553 (710)

82,787,025 (695)

78,495,459 (593)

 Chlordiazepoxide

2,511,327 (35)

2,629,713 (32)

2,358,428 (25)

5,307,039 (53)

10,589,236 (98)

10,156,464 (85)

8,977,263 (68)

 Clonazepam

36,337,909 (511)

36,943,872 (451)

35,498,553 (384)

46,603,866 (465)

42,401,690 (394)

44,309,680 (372)

45,475,579 (344)

 Clorazepate

5,188,731 (73)

4,921,226 (60)

6,211,661 (67)

13,905,167 (139)

20,277,380 (189)

19,873,626 (167)

17,634,246 (133)

 Diazepam

14,719,360 (207)

15,646,497 (191)

16,302,551 (176)

17,573,465 (175)

17,732,681 (165)

18,552,089 (156)

16,993,123 (128)

 Estazolam

588,400 (8)

736,312 (9)

836,528 (9)

930,009 (9)

1,006,178 (9)

1,204,282 (10)

1,555,074 (12)

 Eszopiclone

139,101,466 (1958)

101,569,293 (1239)

30,142,622 (326)

19,652,066 (196)

17,327,812 (161)

19,218,936 (161)

18,502,479 (138)

 Flurazepam

314,929 (4)

353,429 (4)

465,248 (5)

488,256 (5)

442,444 (4)

463,938 (4)

185,259 (1)

 Lorazepam

67,972,421 (957)

68,590,970 (837)

77,512,533 (838)

80,791,330 (806)

71,867,245 (668)

70,564,757 (592)

69,433,942 (524)

 Oxazepam

6,386,352 (90)

5,695,946 (69)

4,963,544 (54)

4,015,017 (40)

4,160,395 (39)

3,986,512 (33)

3,644,592 (28)

 Temazepam

37,064,285 (522)

40,487,830 (494)

42,890,739 (464)

39,642,909 (395)

35,112,223 (327)

31,928,995 (268)

29,138,759 (220)

 Triazolam

2,550,427 (36)

4,429,516 (54)

4,738,528 (51)

4,429,364 (44)

5,495,847 (51)

6,567,877 (55)

6,320,590 (48)

 Zolpidem

115,313,227 (1623)

102,107,687 (1246)

104,330,138 (1128)

95,799,044 (956)

78,435,056 (729)

73,375,604 (616)

70,525,182 (533)

Totalc

487,828,377 (6866)

449,009,812 (5477)

397,092,128 (4292)

407,344,414 (4063)

381,182,739 (3545)

382,989,785 (3214)

366,881,546 (2772)

Antipsychotics

 Amoxapine

499,153 (7)

588,506 (7)

573,427 (6)

526,986 (5)

487,043 (5)

163,355 (1)

219,167 (2)

 Aripiprazole

590,466,994 (8310)

732,163,777 (8932)

699,936,189 (7564)

379,335,492 (3784)

219,441,554 (2041)

182,150,245 (1529)

173,416,656 (1310)

 Asenapine

9,728,156 (137)

111,213,935 (137)

13,569,011 (147)

16,873,815 (168)

19,123,233 (178)

21,280,694 (179)

21,756,410 (164)

 Chlorpromazine

7,131,820 (100)

9,795,297 (119)

21,228,046 (229)

24,273,182 (242)

26,012,221 (242)

26,187,645 (220)

24,511,683 (185)

 Clozapine

12,610,319 (177)

13,795,766 (168)

15,314,388 (166)

16,249,377 (162)

16,369,132 (152)

16,936,993 (142)

17,830,752 (135)

 Haloperidol

6,769,277 (95)

10,944,735 (134)

11,059,976 (120)

10,376,258 (104)

9,768,919 (91)

9,210,830 (77)

6,922,736 (52)

 Iloperidone

5,126,448 (72)

6,591,321 (80)

8,408,450 (91)

8,874,364 (89)

9,365,596 (87)

11,108,384 (93)

12,382,946 (94)

 Loxapine

1,150,830 (16)

1,083,650 (13)

1,093,348 (12)

1,114,192 (11)

1,178,207 (11)

1,269,508 (11)

1,299,262 (10)

 Olanzapine

171,954,481 (2420)

121,139,053 (1478)

68,793,400 (743)

53,922,986 (538)

53,003,088 (493)

55,484,734 (466)

57,189,092 (432)

 Paliperidone

27,481,223 (387)

36,565,417 (446)

43,484,885 (470)

41,845,333 (417)

42,856,874 (399)

46,104,999 (387)

49,418,006 (373)

 Quetiapine

329,435,654 (4637)

287,746,496 (3510)

239,227,530 (2585)

225,727,973 (2252)

164,615,907 (1531)

121,342,340 (1018)

124,077,930 (937)

 Risperidone

64,862,457 (913)

50,992,510 (622)

42,461,823 (459)

34,760,864 (347)

33,501,159 (312)

35,111,661 (295)

36,775,415 (278)

Totalc

1,227,216,812 (17,272)

1,282,620,463 (15,647)

1,165,150,475 (12,592)

813,880,822 (8119)

595,722,934 (5540)

526,351,388 (4417)

525,800,055 (3973)

  1. aTotal may be more or less than sum of columns due to rounding bDollars spent on PPI, benzodiazepine, or antipsychotics per $1,000,000 in drug costs in parentheses cPer Cochran-Armitage trend test, p-value was < 0.0001 for all class level yearly trends