Outpatient Registers for Medicinal Products as Research Data Sources

This research project examines the content and potential of data in Kanta service’s Prescription Centre and Kela’s Prescription Register. The project studies, for example, the grounds for data accumulation, primary use of data, paths of data accumulation, differences and similarities in the contents and coverage of register data, and suitability of register data for different uses.

In the second phase of the project, we use Kanta service’s prescription data from the Prescription Centre to study how medicines are prescribed in Finland and the differences in prescribing practices in the private and public sectors. Furthermore, we analyse the scenarios for the number of issued prescriptions for the upcoming years.

Researchers

• Heini Kari, Leading Researcher
• Pekka Heino
• Hanna Koskinen
• Hanna Rättö

Project Implementation Period

1.2.2021–30.6.2023. The project has ended.

Project Results

• Research publication: Väestön ikääntyminen haastaa terveydenhuoltoa myös lääkehoidon toteuttamisessa