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Type of database: registry.
Primary purpose: The objective of the pharmaceutical registry is to enhance patient safety within the pharmaceutical industry.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Socialstyrelsen.
Type of information: cross-sectional. age, sex, place of residence, medication use, number of drugs, number of patients.
Data Dictionary: Medicines Registry.
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Available type of information: shipments, medication use and ATC codes for all ages, drug groups for children 0-17 children; filtered by year, divided by age, monthly data divided by region, drug groups, ATC codes, regions, sex, measure (number of patients), 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 level and regional level.
Number of records: About 100 million per year.
Date range: 2005 onwards.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.
Data access: partially publicly available: Click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more. Data can be downloaded in the formats CSV, XLSX. Data has access costs.
Contact information: Click here to learn more.
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::registry
dataOwner::Socialstyrelsen
databaseStructure::cross-sectional
hasVariable::age
hasVariable::sex
hasVariable::place of residence
hasVariable::medication use
hasVariable::number of drugs
hasVariable::number of patients
hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: Medicines Registry
availableVariable::number of drugs|shipments
availableVariable::medication use
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::year
availableVariable::region
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::number of patients
dataLevel::patient level
availableDataLevel::national level
availableDataLevel::regional level
dataStart::2005
dataEnd::onwards
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://bestalladata.socialstyrelsen.se/ click here to learn more
hasDownloadableData::CSV
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDataAccessCosts::Data has access costs
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