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Table 6 Distribution of reviewer judgments by ATC classes in the purchase test, which measured correct purchases in this drug use period

From: From prescription drug purchases to drug use periods – a second generation method (PRE2DUP)

 

Classification

Total N

 

%

 

Correct

Error

Non solvable

Correct

Error

Non solvable

ATC class

A

89

2

1

92

97

2

1

B

44

0

0

44

100

0

0

C

275

2

13

290

95

1

4

G

37

1

0

38

97

3

0

H

21

6

1

28

75

21

4

J

28

12

0

40

70

30

0

M

46

5

4

55

84

9

7

N

325

8

4

337

96

2

1

R

32

2

1

35

91

6

3

OTHER

24

1

16

41

59

2

39

Total

921

39

40

1000

92

4

4

  1. The category “OTHER” included classes D, L, P, S and V. These have been combined, due to the low numbers of purchases and poor data quality (high proportion of missing DDD values). The common names of ATC classes are found in Table 1.