Use of medical facilities; 1981-2009
| All periods | Medicines % Persons with prescription Total persons with prescription (%) | Medicines % Persons with prescribed medicines Total with prescribed medicines (%) | Medicines % Medicines not on prescription Total medicines not on prescription (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard error | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1981 | 16.2 | . | 15.6 |
| 1982 | 15.0 | . | 17.2 |
| 1983 | 14.4 | . | 17.9 |
| 1984 | 12.3 | 28.2 | 19.2 |
| 1985 | 12.6 | 28.1 | 19.4 |
| 1986 | 12.5 | 28.6 | 20.0 |
| 1987 | 12.4 | 28.0 | 20.7 |
| 1988 | 12.4 | 29.5 | 22.7 |
| 1989 | 12.7 | 28.7 | 23.6 |
| 1990 | 12.5 | 29.8 | 21.1 |
| 1991 | 13.5 | 31.4 | 24.0 |
| 1992 | 12.9 | 30.9 | 23.9 |
| 1993 | 13.3 | 31.6 | 25.9 |
| 1994 | 12.0 | 31.0 | 27.8 |
| 1995 | 13.1 | 33.2 | 28.5 |
| 1996 | 12.1 | 32.9 | 29.5 |
| 1997 | 12.5 | 32.9 | 31.9 |
| 1998 | 13.0 | 32.6 | 32.6 |
| 1999 | 12.8 | 34.3 | 33.5 |
| 2000 | 12.1 | 33.8 | 34.5 |
| 2001 | 12.8 | 35.3 | 35.6 |
| 2002 | 12.1 | 35.6 | 37.4 |
| 2003 | 12.0 | 36.5 | 38.2 |
| 2004 | 11.3 | 36.8 | 38.6 |
| 2005 | 10.8 | 37.1 | 39.0 |
| 2006 | 11.1 | 37.5 | 39.9 |
| 2007 | 11.3 | 38.5 | 39.0 |
| 2008 | 11.7 | 39.6 | 39.6 |
| 2009 | 12.0 | 40.0 | 39.1 |
| Source: CBS. | |||
Dataset is not available.
This table contains information on the use of medical facilities, visits to the GP, medical specialist, dentist, physiotherapist, alternative healers, hospital admissions, medicines, contraceptive pill and health centers.
Data available from:1981
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final
Changes as of 22 March 2018:
None, this table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table has been discontinued. Figures from 2010 onwards can be found in other tables, see paragraph 3.
Description topics
- Medicines
- Taking of medicines.
- % Persons with prescription
- Percentage of persons who were prescribed medicines in the fortnight
preceding the interview. Prescription of the contraceptive pill and
prescription of medicines during admission in hospital have not been taken
into account.- Total persons with prescription
- % Persons with prescribed medicines
- Percentage of persons who took prescribed medicines in the fortnight prior
to the interview. Medicines prescribed more than two weeks ago are also
included. Prescription of the contraceptive pill and prescription
of medicines during admission in hospital have not been taken into
account.- Total with prescribed medicines
- % Medicines not on prescription
- Percentage of persons who took medicines that were not prescribed.
The figures may be inaccurate (aspirin, for instance, is not considered a
medicine by all respondents).- Total medicines not on prescription