Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis, England: April - June 2011
Publication date
October 12, 2011
Resources
- Prescription Cost Analysis, England: Apr-Jun 2011 spreadsheet (5.09MB)
- Prescription Cost Analysis, England: Apr-Jun 2011 CSV file (2.69MB)
- Prescription Cost Analysis - Glossary (0.34MB)
- Data Quality Statement - Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis (0.33MB)
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Summary
Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. The drugs dispensed are listed by British National Formulary (BNF) therapeutic class. This is the second quarterly publication and covers Quarter 2 (April to June) 2011.
Key Facts
- 235.5 million items dispensed
- These items had a combined net ingredient cost of £2,181.0 million
The quarterly data are provided in two formats:
- Downloadable spreadsheet: Excel 2003 or later version
- Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
Annual PCA Information for previous years is available as follows:
- From 2004 to present: Prescription Cost Analysis on this website.
- For 1998 to 2003: Prescription Cost Analysis on the Department of Health website.
Other UK data
Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) data is also available for other UK countries: