Annual Report on Drug Consumption

Summary

Stable and harmonized data source.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Survey same

Data gathering method
Registries
Other:

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Aggregated tables

Formats available
Excel

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data has been collected from 2004 until 2011.

First year of collection
2004

Stratification if applicable
Stratification by county and medicinal products.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
NUTS-1, NUTS-3

Age range
All ages

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
The data cover all medications refilled in pharmacies and hospitals.

Linkage

Standardisation
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and The Heads of Medicines Agencies

Possibility of linkage among databases
There is no common variable that allows linkage among databases or registries.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
NA

Breaks
NA

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
NA

Governance

Contact information
Dr. Pero Draganic
Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED)
Ksaverska cesta 4
10000 Zagreb Croatia Phone: +38514884100
Email: halmed(at)halmed.hr
Url: http://www.almp.hr/?ln=hr&w=publikacije&d=promet_lijekova_2011

Timeliness, transparency
Data is available within one year of collection.