Last updated on: 04/01/2012
1. Contact details
Name of data sourceThe Swedish prescribed drug register
Name under which the data source should be displayed in the inventory (e.g short name if one exists)The Swedish prescribed drug register
Name of organisation
1) Department/research group
2) Organisation/affiliationThe National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden.
Administrative Contact
Title Dr
Last name Lundquist
First name Pinelopi
Address line 1Socialstyrelsen
Address line 2Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation
Address line 3Epidemiology
CityStockholm
Postcode10630
CountrySweden
Scientific Contact
Title Professor
Last name Stegmayr
First name Birgitta
Address line 1Socialstyrelsen
Address line 2Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation
Address line 3Epidemiology
CityStockholm
Postcode10630
CountrySweden
2. Description/category
Pharmacy dispensing database
3.1 Coverage of licensed medicinal products
Licensed Medicinal Product
Comments
Community / general practice data
The register includes prescribed drugs purchased at all Swedish pharmacies and thereby excludes drugs used in hospitals, nursing homes and drugs purchased over the counter. Prescriptions dispensed as multi-dose packages are included.
Vaccines
Prescribed vaccines purchased at pharmacies are included.
3.2 ATC code (5th level)
Yes
3.3 Other product dictionaries
No
3.4 Recording of indication for use
No
4. Coverage of events
Event
Dictionary
Dictionary details
No events
5. Year of establishment
2005
6. Geographical origin of data
EEA/EFTA countries
Sweden
7. Demographical extent of data collection
Nation-wide
8. Age groups
17 years and under [Paediatrics]
preterm newborn infants
term newborn infants (0 to 27 days)
infants and toddlers (28 days to 23 months)
children (2 to 11 years)
adolescents (12 to 17 years)
18 to 45 years
46 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 75 years
76 years and over
9. Size of the source/catchment population
66
10 a. Total (cumulative) number of persons with actual data
10 b. Number of persons with active data collection in past calendar year
6,200,000
11. Possibility to obtain additional information on the patient
a) Clinical information from treating physician?
No
b) Questionnaire data from the patient?
No
c) Genetic information or samples?
No
12. Possibility of links to other sources of data
Yes :
Linkage to other registers held by the authority covering health and medical care (including causes of death) and social services. E.g. diagnoses or surgery in in-patient care, deliveries, dental health, the Swedish cancer cohort.
13. Written policy governing data access
Yes
14. Committee to evaluate requests for data access
Yes
15. Charge/fee for data access
Yes
Special arrangements for academic purposes:
No
16. Selected publications of the last 5 calendar years using data from this data source
ReferenceLink to web-publication
Hjern A, Weitoft GR, Lindblad F. Social adversity predicts ADHD-medication in school children--a national cohort study. Acta Paediatr. 2010 Jun;99(6):920-4.
Reis M, Källén B. Delivery outcome after maternal use of antidepressant drugs in pregnancy: an update using Swedish data. Psychol Med. 2010 Jan 5:1-11.
Hovstadius B, Astrand B, Petersson G. Dispensed drugs and multiple medications in the Swedish population: an individual-based register study.
BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2009 May 27;9:11.
