Use of drugs for ADHD in the Nordic countries:

The programmer’s perspective!

Anton PottegårdResearch fellow

Clinical PharmacologyUniversity of Southern Denmark

Four datasets is all it takes…

• Basic info– ID; bdate; malesex

• Prescriptions– ID; rxdate; ATC; DDD; drugID; drugname

• ADHD drugs– ID; rxdate; ATC; DDD; drugID; drugname

• Population– male; age; year; count

• Incidence rates• Prevalence proportion• Use of single substances• Persistence (‘drug survival’)• Co-medication• Distribution of daily dose (≈)• (Prescriber type)• (Regional differences)• Skewness

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Anton Pottegårdapottegaard@health.sdu.dkwww.antonpottegaard.dk