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Understanding trends in aggregate health care expenditures over time, and respective drivers, can provide relevant insights for decision makers, namely around appropriate allocation of scarce resources within the health care sector. Using administrative health care times series data from Ontario, this analysis examined trends in aggregate public health care expenditures and activity from 2012 to 2019 among all individuals with a diagnosis of a chronic psychotic disorder. Total aggregate health care expenditures for individuals with a chronic psychotic disorder in Ontario increased at a moderate rate over this time period, in line with the growth of the number of people diagnosed, and thus not likely driven by unit costs or resource use. Psychiatric hospitalizations made up the largest share of health care expenditures (~30%). Nonetheless, among all health services, expenditures of acute medical hospitalizations, outpatient prescription drugs and home care saw the largest growth over time. Mean\/per capita health care expenditures were greater for females, and increased with age as well as with the presence of comorbidities\/chronic conditions. In particular, mean\/per capita health care expenditures increased steadily with the number of comorbidities and were highest for individuals with 5 or more comorbidities and those with congestive heart failure, highlighting the ever-increasing importance of addressing physical health conditions among this patient population. These findings will have important implications for decision makers, namely around the appropriate allocation of health care resources for patients with chronic psychotic disorders. 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