Slovenian Prescribed medicines database

Overview
Type of information
Administrative data
URL of the data source
Prescribed Medicines Data on Health Data Portal
Description

The database contains information on: Pharmacies regularly provide the ZZZS with data on dispensed medicines that were prescribed on the green card prescription (to be charged to compulsory health insurance) and white (self-pay) prescription.
 

Governance and legal framework

Health Care Databases Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, 65/00 and 47/15), National Statistcs Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, nos. 45/95 and 9/2001), Regulation (Ec) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work

Funding

State Budget

Free keywords
Medicinal Therapies
Prescription drugs
Topics
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Pharmaceutical sales & consumption
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 3
Target Population
Patients
Sex
Both
Data Collection Period
Language(s)
Slovenian
Updating Periodicity
Annually
Personal Identifier
National identifier
Level of aggregation
Individual
Terms of data access - URL
https://www.nijz.si/statisticna-pisarna
Terms of data access

Access to microdata for research and analytical purposes (for registered researchers, researchers in public administration and registered research institutions) is provided.

Application form for the anonymised microdata is available at the web page: https://www.nijz.si/statisticna-pisarna

Researchers shall send the completed application for obtaining microdata by e-mail to statisticna.pisarna@nijz.si, or by post to NIJZ. Requests are then handled by internal Committee for Data Protection. If the application is approved, the agreement on data transmission is signed by researcher and NIJZ. Usually, data could be obtained at safe centre at NIJZ premises in Ljubljana, and/or on CD/USB (for the data on small sample).

Linkage possible
Yes
Data Owner(s)
Nacionalni Inštitut za Javno Zdravje (NIJZ)
Contact name
Metka Zaletel
Contact e-mail
Podatkovni.portal@nijz.si
Contact info (address)

NIJZ

Trubarjeva 2

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

Updated on 06 September 2022