Prescribing (Prescribed and Dispensed Medications)

Asthma outcome: Healthcare Utilisation in Primary Care

Specific Asthma outcome: Prescribing (Prescribed and Dispensed Medications)

Data source: GP and community medicines dispensed datasets

Dataset availability by country and link for access and meta-data:

• England
  • Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) England
• Northern Ireland
  • PCA Northern Ireland
• Scotland
  • Prescribing Information System (PIS)
  • PCA Scotland
• Wales
  • SAIL

Granularity: Up to health board level

Data type: Individual and medication level data

Keywords: Healthcare Utilisation Primary Care

Periodicity: Monthly Annually

Costs: Each dataset costs varying amount to obtain, except for Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA)

Coverage by age: Covers all age groups