Data Source

Registry

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of the same sample

Data gathering method

Registries

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Free access

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Up to one year

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

Aggregated tables

Formats available

Excel

Language issues

Data is available in English and Croatian.

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

Official Statistics

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

NUTS-1, NUTS-3

Age range

All ages

Statistical representativeness

The entire population

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

The data cover all medications refilled in pharmacies and hospitals.

Further Reading

• Annual Report on Drug Consumption for 2011 - Croatian Document

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.

Entry errors if applicable

NA

Breaks

NA

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

NA

Stable and harmonized data source.