Expenditure on antidepressants in New Zealand
30 July 2021
Dear [name and contact details withheld]
Request for information
Thank you for your request dated 21 May 2021 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) for information relating to antidepressants. You requested:
How much is spent on antidepressants in NZ for the last 5 years
Please find a summary of the gross annual spend in both the community and hospitals for antidepressants over the past five calendar years:
Table 1: Annual gross spend for antidepressants by calendar year - Community
|
Year |
Total gross cost ($) |
|
2016 |
13,301,870 |
|
2017 |
10,387,879 |
|
2018 |
8,530,542 |
|
2019 |
8,421,209 |
|
2020 |
9,629,255 |
Table 2: Annual gross spend for antidepressants by calendar year - Hospitals
|
Year |
Total gross cost ($) |
|
2016 |
107,485 |
|
2017 |
81,647 |
|
2018 |
65,085 |
|
2019 |
64,330 |
|
2020 |
64,393 |
Please note that 2021 data is not yet available.
We trust that this information answers your queries. We are making our information more freely available, so we will now publish selected OIA responses (excluding personal details) on our website. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about this.
Yours sincerely
Rachel Read
Manager, Policy and Government Services