Database: The Medicines Statistics Register (NPR) (Denmark): Difference between revisions

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Primary purpose: To monitor and analyze medicine consumption in Denmark to support healthcare decision-making and policy development. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Danish Medicines Agency.

Type of information: Data Dictionary: The Medicines Statistics Register (NPR). Click here to learn more. Information on prescriptions dispensed to residents of long-termcare institutions. Includes ATC codes of drugs related to cancer treatment such as antineoplastic agents, detoxifying agents used in connection with high dose treatment of antineoplastic agents, radiopharmaceuticals, and others. Click here to learn more. The ATC code for each type of drug information Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: number of drugs, year, place of residence, sex, age, number of patients, number of shipments.

Source of information: Reports from pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, the Statens Serum Institut and Denmark's Food Research, and convenience stores that do not sell over-the-counter medicines reserved for pharmacies.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of records: Receives 96 million reports per year. Current total number is unknown.

Date range: 1994 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: unknown.

Data access: partially publicly available. Annual sales of pharmaceuticals [1], pharmacies' sales of medicines [2], and use of medicine during pregnancy [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].

Contact information: Information [5].

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+'''Primary purpose:''' To monitor and analyze medicine consumption in Denmark to support healthcare decision-making and policy development. [https://sundhedsdatastyrelsen.dk/da/registre-og-services/om-de-nationale-sundhedsregistre/sygdomme-laegemidler-og-behandlinger/laegemiddelstatistikregisteret Click here to learn more].
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 '''Sponsor, manager or home institution''': [[dataOwner::The Danish Medicines Agency]].
-'''Type of information''': [[Data Dictionary: The Medicines Statistics Register (NPR)]]. [https://www.esundhed.dk/Dokumentation?rid=14&tid=63&vid=317 Click here to learn more]. Information on prescriptions  dispensed  to  residents  of  long-termcare institutions. Includes ATC codes of drugs related to cancer treatment such as antineoplastic agents, detoxifying agents used in connection with high dose treatment of antineoplastic agents, radiopharmaceuticals, and others. The ATC code for each type of drug information [https://medinfo.dk/sks/brows.php?s_nod=41285 Click here to learn more].
+'''Type of information''': [[Data Dictionary: The Medicines Statistics Register (NPR)]]. [https://www.esundhed.dk/Dokumentation?rid=14&tid=63&vid=317 Click here to learn more]. Information on prescriptions  dispensed  to  residents  of  long-termcare institutions. Includes ATC codes of drugs related to cancer treatment such as antineoplastic agents, detoxifying agents used in connection with high dose treatment of antineoplastic agents, radiopharmaceuticals, and others. [https://atcddd.fhi.no/atc_ddd_index/?code=L01AA01&showdescription=yes Click here to learn more]. The ATC code for each type of drug information [https://medinfo.dk/sks/brows.php?s_nod=41285 Click here to learn more].
 '''Available type of information''': [[availableVariable::number of drugs]], [[availableVariable::year]], [[availableVariable::place of residence]], [[availableVariable::sex]], [[availableVariable::age]], [[availableVariable::number of patients]], number of shipments.