Table 1 Yearly population-adjusted prescription volume and costs of antineoplastic agents by region (2009-2012)
From: Geographic Variations and Time Trends in Cancer Treatments in Taiwan
Region | Year | Population | Prescription volume and cost of targeted therapies and all antineoplastic agents | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of prescriptions of TT | Number of prescriptions of all antineoplastic agents | Population adjusted prescription volume of TT per 100,000 people | Population adjusted prescription volume of all antineoplastic agents per 100,000 people | Cost of TT (US$) | Cost of all antineoplastic agents (US$) | Population adjusted Cost of TT per 100,000 people | Population adjusted Cost of all antineoplastic agents per 100,000 people | |||
Northern | 2009 | 10,794,022 | 41,563 | 1,200,447 | 385.06 | 11,121.41 | 44,727,732.83 | 245,327,405.57 | 414,375 | 2,272,808 |
2010 | 10,852,146 | 53,085 | 1,352,126 | 489.17 | 12,459.53 | 64,066,867.43 | 298,340,256.13 | 590,361 | 2,749,136 | |
2011 | 10,919,415 | 74,409 | 1,539,869 | 681.44 | 14,102.12 | 80,098,867.07 | 335,228,189.63 | 733,545 | 3,070,020 | |
2012 | 10,991,480 | 107,447 | 1,681,041 | 977.55 | 15,294.04 | 108,328,729.00 | 369,543,104.87 | 985,570 | 3,362,087 | |
Midwestern | 2009 | 5,201,847 | 16,182 | 517,142 | 311.08 | 9,941.51 | 17,550,734.80 | 105,008,551.23 | 337,394 | 2,018,678 |
2010 | 5,199,849 | 22,116 | 587,463 | 425.32 | 11,297.69 | 25,919,867.20 | 130,844,276.37 | 498,473 | 2,516,309 | |
2011 | 5,203,796 | 28,424 | 641,058 | 546.22 | 12,319.05 | 31,768,038.03 | 148,131,812.10 | 610,478 | 2,846,611 | |
2012 | 5,215,948 | 41,136 | 691,949 | 788.66 | 13,266.03 | 45,052,172.70 | 168,569,414.17 | 863,739 | 3,231,808 | |
Southern | 2009 | 6,446,720 | 26,808 | 735,122 | 415.84 | 11,403.04 | 27,431,583.03 | 143,013,766.23 | 425,512 | 2,218,396 |
2010 | 6,433,342 | 33,836 | 834,331 | 525.95 | 12,968.86 | 37,988,591.17 | 178,074,087.10 | 590,495 | 2,767,987 | |
2011 | 6,422,584 | 45,262 | 904,722 | 704.73 | 14,086.57 | 48,387,511.27 | 201,906,589.30 | 753,396 | 3,143,697 | |
2012 | 6,422,531 | 65,905 | 983,272 | 1,026.15 | 15,309.73 | 66,284,538.63 | 223,610,506.80 | 1,032,063 | 3,481,657 | |
Eastern | 2009 | 573,461 | 1,255 | 52,193 | 218.85 | 9,101.40 | 1,872,531.70 | 9,729,753.87 | 326,532 | 1,696,672 |
2010 | 569,478 | 1,736 | 60,197 | 304.84 | 10,570.56 | 2,248,463.80 | 12,178,410.27 | 394,829 | 2,138,522 | |
2011 | 565,128 | 2,415 | 66,179 | 427.34 | 11,710.44 | 2,951,519.27 | 14,101,363.17 | 522,274 | 2,495,251 | |
2012 | 561,442 | 3,047 | 68,875 | 542.71 | 12,267.52 | 3,493,181.90 | 14,396,745.00 | 622,180 | 2,564,244 | |
Outer Islands | 2009 | 103,722 | 1 | 2,431 | 0.96 | 2,343.77 | 53.30 | 170,837.17 | 51 | 164,707 |
2010 | 107,308 | 0 | 3,261 | 0.00 | 3,038.92 | 0.00 | 316,458.37 | 0 | 294,907 | |
2011 | 113,989 | 1 | 3,654 | 0.88 | 3,205.57 | 649.13 | 387,676.10 | 569 | 340,100 | |
2012 | 124,421 | 26 | 4,539 | 20.90 | 3,648.10 | 17,180.40 | 481,334.53 | 13,808 | 386,860 | |