The Danish National Prescription Registry

Introduction: Individual-level data on all prescription drugs sold in Danish community pharmacies has since 1994 been recorded in the Register of Medicinal Products Statistics of the Danish Medicines Agency. Content: The register subset, termed the Danish National Prescription Registry (DNPR), conta...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of public health 2011-07, Vol.39 (7_suppl), p.38-41
Main Authors: Wallach Kildemoes, Helle, Toft Sørensen, Henrik, Hallas, Jesper
Format: Article
Language:English
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Denmark
Drug Prescriptions - standards
Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data
Health care
Humans
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacoepidemiology
Pharmacology
Public health
Registries - standards
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Statistical data
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Summary:Introduction: Individual-level data on all prescription drugs sold in Danish community pharmacies has since 1994 been recorded in the Register of Medicinal Products Statistics of the Danish Medicines Agency. Content: The register subset, termed the Danish National Prescription Registry (DNPR), contains information on dispensed prescriptions, including variables at the level of the drug user, the prescriber, and the pharmacy. Validity and coverage: Reimbursement-driven record keeping, with automated bar-code-based data entry provides data of high quality, including detailed information on the dispensed drug. Conclusion: The possibility of linkage with many other nationwide individual-level data sources renders the DNPR a very powerful pharmacoepidemiological tool.
ISSN:1403-4948
1651-1905
DOI:10.1177/1403494810394717