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Table 7 Distribution of reviewer judgments by ATC classes on the correctness of drug use periods

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

 

Classification

Total

 

%

 

Correct

Error

Not solvable

Correct

Error

Not solvable

ATC class

A

117

7

5

129

91

5

4

B

24

2

0

26

92

8

0

C

135

4

34

173

78

2

20

G

32

7

0

39

82

18

0

H

11

6

1

18

61

33

6

J

104

43

0

147

71

29

0

M

77

3

12

92

84

3

13

N

217

5

2

224

97

2

1

R

31

5

9

45

69

11

20

OTHER

38

2

67

107

36

2

63

Total

786

84

130

1000

79

8

13

  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.
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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