In response to a recent American Hospital Association report stating that significant increases in expenses related to drugs create financial challenges for hospitals and health system, PHAR, in collaboration with PhRMA, conducted an analysis of 2015-2020 National Health Expenditure data to determine the increase in hospital expenditures and what percentage is attributable to prescription drug spending. PHAR’s analysis found that national hospital expenditures increased by $280 billion, and that only 1.1% ($3.1 billion) of that increase was attributable to spending on drugs. Not only that, but the share of total hospital spending attributable to medicines has actually decreased from 3.7% to 3.1% over the past 5 years. Read the infographic or the full brief for more details.