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Lothian Community Prescribing

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2009

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

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Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Variable

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Summary of prescriptions that are dispensed in the community (i.e. not within hospitals) throughout the NHS Lothian region.

Documentation

Drugs and medical devices dispensed by community pharmacies since 2009 where the prescriber is located within NHS Lothian. Includes drug strength, formulation and dispensed quantity data. Dispensed prescriptions are coded using British National Formulary (BNF) hierarchy.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Associated media

https://dataloch.org/data/about-the-data

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Events

Number of items dispensed to patients.

155000000

Count

17 Aug 2022

Events

Number of prescriptions dispensed to patients. A single prescription may have multiple items dispensed.

101000000

Count

17 Aug 2022

Provenance

Source of data extraction

Other

Collection source setting

Primary care - Clinic, Prescribing - Community pharmacy

Patient pathway description

Primary care prescription data limited to prescriber based within NHS Lothian.

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

Public Health Scotland

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2009

Time lag

2-6 months

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

text/csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://dataloch.org/data/how-to-apply

Time to dataset access

Variable

Access request cost

https://dataloch.org/data/how-to-apply

Access service description

https://dataloch.org/data/how-to-apply

Jurisdiction

GB-SCT

Data use limitation

Project-specific restrictions

Data Controller

Public Health Scotland, NHS Lothian

Data Processor

University of Edinburgh

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic, Prescribing - Community pharmacy

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