The National Prescription Registry provided information on the date of dispensing, quantity dispensed, strength, and formulation of all drugs dispensed from Danish pharmacies and classified according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) system (supplementary table 2).
The register includes information about dispensing date, strength, and quantity of the prescription.
Outpatient pharmacy data includes National Drug Codes for dispensed medications, quantity dispensed, drug strength, days' supply, and costs.
Outpatient pharmacy claims provided National Drug Codes for dispensed medications, quantity dispensed, drug strength, and number of days of supply.
The registry also includes information on the date of drug dispensation, strength, and quantity dispensed.
However, we considered different strengths from the same manufacturer as different products because pharmacists cannot dispense other strength than that prescribed.
The register contains type of drug (International Anatomical Therapeutic Coding (ATC)), date of redemption, quantity dispensed and strength.
Prescription drug claims identified the specific product dispensed, quantity, strength, the date the prescription was filled, and the associated drug acquisition cost.
Dr Stephen Frost was sacked by the Ministry of Defence with no notice and no explanation in September 2013 after an incident in which a pharmacist wrongly dispensed super-strength morphine to a veteran of the war in Afghanistan.
By determination of the amount of dispensed tablets, their strengths, and dispensing time intervals for up to 7 consecutively claimed prescriptions after discharge, an individually adjusted coverage of drug treatment at the time of a study endpoint (see below) was calculated for all GLDs.
