3 The annual sales of the top ten biopharmaceuticals in 2006 are illustrated in Figure 2. The biopharmaceutical market is expected to grow exponentially at more than 20% per year, as a result of a burgeoning pipeline, approval for more common conditions, increased utilization, and expanding indications.
Biopharmaceuticals are a fast-growing segment of the worldwide pharmaceutical market, with growth estimated at over 20% per year, bolstered by a robust development pipeline, approval of newer agents for more common disease states, increased utilization, and expanding indications [ 64,65].
On an hourly basis, MET call utilization was more common during the hours covered by the parent unit doctors (47% of MET calls during 42% of the day).
The choice of coping strategies in response to payment difficulties depends on the ability of individuals to mobilize resources and the type of health services; borrowing money or selling assets is more common for hospital services, whereas foregoing utilization is more often applied in the case of inability to pay for outpatient services.
For example, tertiary care referral centers, where trauma and transplant surgery is more common, likely have different patterns of RBC utilization and could require adjustments to the model.
Studies suggest that patients with secondary progressive MS may have different treatment patterns (and potentially different cost and utilization outcomes) than those with the more common RRMS.
A secondary objective is to provide a current assessment of the prevalence, utilization, and costs for some of the more common chronic conditions in the Medicare fee for service (FFS) population.
MHS utilization in the post-acute phase was more common in survivors who were injured, and those with high levels of posttraumatic stress, mental distress, and somatic symptoms, but differed little by sociodemographic characteristics.
This may not be far from the fact that modern health care utilization viz; affordability, accessibility and acceptability are more common among women in the urban than rural areas [ 3].
Access to and utilization of facility based maternal health services is more common in Addis Ababa than other parts of Ethiopia.
