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Swedish Prescribed Drug Register (Läkemedelsregistret)

Socialstyrelsen (National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden)

HDB-0116

The Swedish Prescribed Drug Register contains records of all prescribed drugs dispensed in Swedish pharmacies since July 2005, with over 100 million entries annually, including patient age, sex, unique identifier, prescriber information, and dispensation details. The register is updated monthly and used by researchers, public agencies, journalists, and pharmaceutical industry representatives to study prescription patterns and drug safety.

Category

Research database

Access

By application

Region

Nordic — Sweden

Size

>100 million records annually

Data types

prescription records, dispensed drugs, patient demographics, prescriber information

registry pharmacy pharmacoepidemiology Nordic

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Record HDB-0116 · last verified 2026-08-24 · listed in Research databases

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