Drugs - Prescption costs analysis
- Abstract
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Dataset contains information on prescriptions dispensed in the community by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors in England, Prescription Cost Analysis (Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England) and hospital prescriptions.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Prescriptions dispensed in the Community, Prescription cost analysis, Hospital Prescription.
- Variables
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Year, total net ingredient cost (NIC), average NIC per prescription item, average number of prescription items per head of population, charged prescriptions, free prescriptions, class of preparation, generic prescribing and dispensing, number of prescription items.
- Keywords
- Prescription, hospital, dispense, community, drugs, medication, supply of healthcare, ingredient cost, contraceptives, maternity, BNF.
- Identifier Variables
- PCT, SHA
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Prescription
- Area of Health System
- Primary care, Secondary care
- Data Available
- Socio-economic, Demographic
- Data collecting organization (s)
- NHS information centre
- Data Type
- Administrative
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate
- Sample
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All prescriptions dispensed in the community in England
- Availability
- The NHS Information centre
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.ic.nhs.uk/[…]/prescriptions
- Contact
- enquiries@ic.nhs.uk
- Publications
- Thomas CM and Morris S, Cost of depression among adults in England in 2000, British Journal of Psychiatry 2003; 183: 514-519