Expenditure per user for health care and asthma medications in the U.S.

This statistic depicts the annual expenditure for health care and asthma medications in the U.S. for the periods 1998-1999 and 2008-2009. In the period 2008-2009, some 373 U.S. dollars were spent on relievers per U.S. adult with asthma.

Expenditure per user for health care and asthma medications in the U.S. in 1998-1999 and 2008-2009*

Characteristic	1998-1999	2008-2009
All therapeutic classes	553$	1,126$
Controller	569$	1,258$
Reliever	212$	373$
OCS	39$	17$

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Release date

July 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1998-1999 and 2008-2009

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Including adults with reported treatment for asthma.
Controllers denotes the use of any controller—include ICS (inhaled corticosteroids), ILABA (inhaled long acting beta-agonists), LTRA (leukotriene receptor antagonists), NSA (non-steroidal anti-allergy agents), MXS (methylxanthines) and OLABA (oral long acting beta-agonists).
Relievers denotes the use of any reliever— include SABA (inhaled short acting beta agonists), ACB (anti-cholinergic bronchodilators) and SANB (shorting acting non-beta selective agents).
OCS (oral corticosteroids) denotes the use of any OCS—includes prednisone, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone and other steroids.

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