The PDR includes data on dispensed medication, including doses and date of dispensing on all prescriptions for Swedish inhabitants dispensed at Swedish community pharmacies.
The Nordic prescription registers include data on dispensed drugs, substance, brand name, and formulation, together with date of dispensing.
Date of dispensing medications was known, but we did not know whether the dispensed drugs were actually used, or exactly when they were used.
Data obtained included: the PRN number, ATC code, number of packages, and date of dispensing.
These claims also provide additional information about the medications dispensed including its National Drug Code NDCC) and date of dispensing.
The date of dispensing, type of hormonal therapy and number of days' supply on each prescription were abstracted.
Data include date of dispensing, type of drug according to the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system, and total amount dispensed [ 27].
Data available in the local pharmaceutical databases include the patient's health service code, the prescribing physician's code, marketing authorization number, number of packs, date of prescription, and date of dispensing.
9 10 All databases included information on the specific drug dispensed in a prescription, the quantity or days' supply of medication dispensed (or prescribed in CPRD), and the date of dispensing.
The prescription databases hold information on every sale of prescription medication in the counties, including date of dispensing and type of drug coded according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system.
