Pharmacy claims include details on dispense date, National Drug Code NDCC), quantity of medication dispensed, days supplied, and health plan payments.
Pharmacy claims include details on dispense date, NDCs, quantity of medication dispensed, days supplied, and health plan payments.
The HSE-PCRS database contains a GMS identifier, sex and date of birth, drug information (World Health Organisation Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code, strength, defined daily dosage (DDD)), quantity dispensed and date of dispensing.
The National Prescription Database was established in 1994 and records each customer's CPR number and data on redeemed prescriptions, including prescription type (according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System World Health Organizationn (WHO), 2001); Appendix 1), quantity prescribed, and date of dispensing.
The small quantity of pills dispensed and severity of the users' addiction make it unlikely that they would sell their pills, he said.
Experts are increasingly concerned by growing evidence that the overuse of antibiotics on farms – which in the EU account for three times the quantity of antibiotics dispensed to the human population – is endangering human health by fostering the development of bacteria resistant to even the strongest medicines.
Table 2 shows the quantity of prescriptions dispensed by the GPs.
Refill dates and the quantity of drug dispensed were also recorded.
We asked these pharmacies to submit the lists of patients filling these prescriptions, together with the quantity of isotretinoin dispensed.
Refill dates and quantity of pills dispensed from pharmacies have also been used to assess HIV adherence rates.
The PCA for Wales from 2000 to 2004 did not include the quantity of insulin dispensed which was necessary to calculate the incremental cost.
