Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex

This table contains figures on the absolute number of persons to whom in the year concerned medicines were dispensed for which the costs are Reimbursed under the statutory basic medical insurance. The figures are also expressed as a percentage of the total population in the category concerned. The population includes everyone registered in the Personal Records Database (BRP) and living in the Netherlands at some point in the year concerned. Until 2010 the figures also included medicines dispensed to persons registered in the BRP, but no longer resident in the Netherlands. Medicines provided to persons in hospitals and nursing homes are not included; medicines provided in residential homes for the elderly are included. Data are broken down by medicine group, age and sex. Data available from: 2006 Status of the figures: Figures for 2020 are provisional. Remaining figures are definite. Changes as of 10 December 2021: Figures for 2019 have been made final and provisional figures for 2020 have been added. When will new figures be published? New figures will be published in the last quarter of 2022.