出版社：Norsk forening for epidemiologi - The Norwegian Epidemiological Association
摘要：ABSTRACTNo information about drug use at an individual level is available from the present Norwegian wholesalestatistics on drugs, i.e. who are using the medicines, for how long and in which doses. A new kind ofstatistics is needed to focus on and analyse the use of medications from a public health perspective andto evaluate other aspects of public health in relation to drug expenditures. To meet this need, the Ministryof Health and Social Affairs has decided to establish a new national register based on computerisedprescriptions from all the pharmacies in Norway. The initiative to establish a more detailed drugstatistics came partly in response to changes in the infrastructure of the Norwegian Drug Market, whichstarted when Norway became a member of European Economic Association (EEA), in 1995. To regulateand evaluate the impact of a country’s national drug policy with respect to the promotion of therational use of drugs, it is vital that the system designed to collect data about the consumption ofmedicines is set up at the level of individual patients. This paper will focus on the planning and thenecessary steps to be taken for establishing a national database of drug prescriptions in Norway.
