EPIC Program Annual Report 2009-2010 Appendix: Table VII

Table VII
Ten Most Frequently Purchased Types of Drugs
by Therapeutic Classification*
Therapeutic Class** Number
of Claims
Percent
of Claims
EPIC
Payments
Percent of
Payments
Number of
Participants
Total***4,118,83142.56%$99,762,76729.91%
BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENT711,1687.35%$6,860,7532.06%142,017
HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS699,8987.23%$26,179,3857.85%153,381
ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME418,0814.32%$1,998,9660.60%89,725
PROTON-PUMP INHIBITORS404,4344.18%$25,683,0797.69%90,931
ANTIDEPRESSANTS352,6213.64%$8,459,0082.54%65,546
ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST348,4043.60%$18,563,4525.57%70,475
DIHYDROPYRIDINES340,4903.52%$5,036,0481.51%72,376
THYROID AGENTS298,5923.09%$1,715,6670.51%58,592
OPIATE AGONISTS293,1233.03%$4,757,2481.43%78,717
LOOP DIURETICS252,0202.60%$509,1610.15%61,784

* Table VII provides the percent of adjudicated claims for the program year (October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010) as they fall into particular categories of Therapeutic Class.

** American Hospital Formulary Service® (AHFS) Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification.

*** This report contains the top ten drug classes, additional drug classes will comprise the remainder of claims up to 100.00%.