Health and health care; personal characteristics

Health and health care; personal characteristics

Characteristics Margins Periods Medication, last 14 days Persons with prescribed medicines (%) Medication, last 14 days Persons with non-prescribed medicines (%)
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Value 2023 . .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . .
Position: other member of household Value 2023 24.5 44.9
Position: other member of household Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 19.6 38.9
Position: other member of household Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 30.1 51.1
Source: CBS.
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This table contains data on the perceived state of health and on contacts with providers of medical care of the Dutch population from 0 years on in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics. For several topics a different age demarcation applies. The age boundaries are listed at the relevant topics.

Data available from: 2014

Status of the data: final.

Changes by March 12, 2024:
The year 2023 have been added.

When will new data be published?
Data on reporting year 2024 will be published in the second quarter of 2025.

Description topics

Medication, last 14 days
These questions deal with the use of medicine and the use of herbal medicines or vitamins, whether or not prescribed by a physician. The questions are posed to respondents of all ages.
Persons with prescribed medicines
Percentage of persons who in 14 days preceding the inquiry date used medicines prescribed by a physician. The contraceptive pill is not taken into consideration here.
Persons with non-prescribed medicines
Percentage of persons who in 14 days preceding the interview used (herbal) medicines or vitamins that were not prescribed by a physician.