The Danish National Prescription Registry

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Danish National Prescription Registry

AU - Kildemoes, Helle Wallach

AU - Toft Sørensen, Henrik

AU - Hallas, Jesper

PY - 2011/7

Y1 - 2011/7

N2 - 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

AB - 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

U2 - 10.1177/1403494810394717

DO - 10.1177/1403494810394717

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 21775349

SN - 1403-4948

VL - 39

SP - 38

EP - 41

JO - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

JF - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

IS - suppl 7

ER -