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Personal Finances and Welfare, Social Statistics
Jonas Kirchheiner-Rasmussen
+45 61 50 23 80

RAS@dst.dk

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Purchase of prescription drugs

The statistics can be used by ministries and other public authorities for ongoing monitoring of the population’s redemption of prescriptions. Researchers can use the statistics as an indirect measure of the level of illness in the population and how it develops over time. While the general public can use the statistics for general information on pharmaceutical consumption in Denmark.

User Needs

The main users of the statistics are , other public authorities and researchers. The public authorities use the statistics to monitor developments in the population’s prescription redemptions and use of medicines. Researchers can use the statistics in analyses of medicine use and as an indicator of morbidity and changes in morbidity over time. The statistics may also be used by journalists, students and other interested parties seeking information on the population’s use of medicines.

User Satisfaction

The statistics are new, which is why user satisfaction cannot yet be described.

Data completeness rate

There are no EU-regulations or guidelines in this area.