Open Data

Health indicator : dispensation rate : opioids age-sex specific

Description

This dataset presents information on the age-sex specific dispensation rate for persons who filled at least one prescription of opioid medications by Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical name from community pharmacies for Alberta, nine health regions, and five Alberta Health Services (AHS) Continuum Zones expressed as per 1000 population.

Updated

August 23, 2024

Tags
IHDA Interactive Health Data Application dispensation rates drug utilization opioids

Title and Dataset Information

Alternative Title

SD

Date Modified

2024-08-23

Update Frequency

Annual

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator
Health
Publisher

Health

Subject Information

Start Date

2015-01-01

Resource Dates

Date Created

2024-09-25

Date Added to catalogue

2024-09-25T21:29:47.793532

Date Issued

2015-04-15

Date Modified

2024-08-23

Audience information

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

The Distribution URL takes the user to the Interactive Health Data Application (IHDA) criteria selection screen for this catalogued data set. The results set can be narrowed by filtering on the criteria provided (e.g. geography, sex, year). The results are displayed in a table form and can be exported. Metadata information for the data set is available as a pdf file and can be viewed by selecting the "View Data Notes" link.

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Health Interactive Health Data Team

Contact Email

IHDT@gov.ab.ca