Editing Database: Medicines Registry (Sweden)

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'''Sponsor, manager or home institution:''' Socialstyrelsen.

'''Primary purpose:''' The objective of the pharmaceutical registry is to enhance patient safety within the pharmaceutical industry.

'''Type of information:''' [[Data Dictionary: Medicines Registry]]. Data dictionary information [https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/globalassets/sharepoint-dokument/dokument-webb/statistik/register-variabelforteckning-lakemedelsregistret.xlsx].

'''Available type of information:''' Drug groups and ATC codes for all ages, drug groups for children 0-17 children; filtered by annual data, monthly data divided by age, monthly data divided by region, drug groups, ATC codes, regions, sex, measure, year and month.

'''Source of Information:''' The pharmaceutical register exclusively obtains data from the E-health authority, which requires all pharmaceutical trades to report their sales data. When a prescribed medication is dispensed, pharmacies must also furnish supplementary information to the E-health authority. The E-health authority, in turn, forwards information regarding prescription-based shipments to the National Board of Health and Welfare.

'''Data level:''' Patient level.

'''Available data level:''' National and regional level.

'''Number of Records:''' About 100 million per year.

'''Date Range:''' 2005 onwards.

'''Cancer Areas of Interest:''' Unknown.

'''Data access:''' Partially publicly available [https://sdb.socialstyrelsen.se/if_lak/val.aspx]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [https://bestalladata.socialstyrelsen.se/].

'''Contact information:''' Information [https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/statistik-och-data/register/dodsorsaksregistret/].