Database: The Medicines Statistics Register (NPR) (Denmark)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

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: longitudinal. age; sex; place of residence; costs reimbursement; medication use; number of drugs; region; type of patient; year. 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. Click here to learn more about the ATC code for each type of drug information.

Data Dictionary: The Medicines Statistics Register (NPR).

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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: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. For annual sales of pharmaceuticals click here to access, pharmacies' sales of medicines information click here to access, and use of medicine during pregnancy click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX and TXT. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.

Mouth Throat Oropharynx Nasopharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Salivary glands Lips Tonsils base of tongue Voice box Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Colon Rectum Anus Liver Gallbladder Bile ducts Pancreas Lung Trachea Bronchi Pleura Mediastinum Bone Cartilage Osteosarcoma Ewings sarcoma Skin Melanoma Scalp Lips Hands Feet Muscle Fat Tendon Ligament Blood vessels Connective tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Liposarcoma Lobular Breast Nipple Areola Ductal Vulva Vagina Cervix Uterus Ovary Fallopian tubes Endometrium Prostate Testicles Penis Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Eye Brain Spinal cord Thyroid gland Parathyroid Adrenal glands Pituitary gland Pancreas Thymus gland Peritoneum Pericardium Retroperitoneum Mesothelium Blood Bone marrow Lymph nodes Spleen Leukemia databaseType::administrative/claims data dataOwner::The Danish Medicines Agency databaseStructure::longitudinal hasVariable::age hasVariable::sex hasVariable::place of residence hasVariable::costs reimbursement hasVariable::medication use hasVariable::number of drugs hasVariable::region hasVariable::type of patient hasVariable::year hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: The Medicines Statistics Register (NPR) availableVariable::number of drugs availableVariable::year availableVariable::place of residence availableVariable::sex availableVariable::age availableVariable::number of patients dataLevel::patient level availableDataLevel::regional level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::1994 dataEnd::onwards hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms dataAvailability::partially publicly available hasDownloadableData::XLSX hasDownloadableData::TXT hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://sundhedsdatastyrelsen.dk/da/forskerservice/ansog-om-data click here to access isDatabase hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature hasCancerType::unknown