List of countries by antidepressant consumption explained

This is a list of countries by antidepressant consumption according to data published by the OECD.

OECD list

The source for the data below is the OECD Health Statistics 2018, released by the OECD in June 2018 and updated on 8 November 2018.[1]

The unit of measurement used by the OECD is defined daily dose (DDD), defined as "the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used on its main indication in adults".[2] The sources used by the OECD are primarily national health authorities.[2] Definitions, sources and methodology per country is explained further in a document available on the OECD website.[2] The OECD have not included the United States in these reviews, but if added the country would have the highest or second-highest rate.[3]

CountryDefined daily dosage
per 1,000 inhabitants per day
YearData include drugs
dispensed in hospitals
Data include non-
reimbursed drugs
Data include
OTC drugs
Notes
141.4 2017
106.7 2016
103.6 2017 [4] [5]
100.1 2016
99.6 2017 See note[6] [7]
96.8 2017 [8]
79.0 2016
77.0 2015
75.5 2016
72.8 2014
67.6 2016 [9]
60.5 2016 [10] See note[11]
58.6 2016 See note[12] See note[13]
57.1 2017
57.1 2016
56.5 2016 See note[14]
52.7 2017
49.8 2009 [15]
49.2 2017
48.1 2015 [16]
46.1 2016
41.4 2017
41.0 2016 See note[17]
40.3 2017 [18]
38.9 2016
28.8 2017
28.8 2017
19.9 2016
13.3 2016

See also

Notes

  1. Web site: OECD Health Statistics 2018 . 28 June 2018 . . 10 May 2019.
  2. Web site: OECD Health Statistics 2018: Definitions, Sources and Methods . June 2018 . . 10 May 2019.
  3. News: Gould, S. . L.F. Friedman . 4 February 2016 . Something startling is going on with antidepressant use around the world . Business Insider . 18 July 2020 .
  4. Data include both reimbursed and non-reimbursed products.
  5. Yes, but only OTC products sold in pharmacies.
  6. Generally, claims for OTC drugs are not reimbursed, but OTC drugs are not explicitly excluded.
  7. Provisional value.
  8. Data include OTC drugs both from pharmacies and from other retailers.
  9. Data are based on wholesale of pharmaceuticals.
  10. Drug consumption in hospitals and in hospital ambulances is excluded.
  11. Data cover only drugs reimbursed by the sickness funds within the statutory health insurance.
  12. Data include all medicines with a medical prescription – compulsory health insurance, regardless of the reimbursement.
  13. Only OTC drugs with a medical prescription.
  14. Data contain exclusively the drug consumption debited to the statutory health insurance (i.e. drugs reimbursed by German Statutory Health Insurance).
  15. Data include drug consumption both in hospitals and in pharmacies.
  16. Difference in methodology.
  17. Data include drugs dispensed in pharmacies and non-reimbursed drugs.
  18. Estimated value.

References

  1. Web site: OECD Health Statistics 2018 . 28 June 2018 . . 10 May 2019.
  2. Web site: OECD Health Statistics 2018: Definitions, Sources and Methods . June 2018 . . 10 May 2019.
  3. News: Gould, S. . L.F. Friedman . 4 February 2016 . Something startling is going on with antidepressant use around the world . Business Insider . 18 July 2020 .
  4. Data include both reimbursed and non-reimbursed products.
  5. Yes, but only OTC products sold in pharmacies.
  6. Generally, claims for OTC drugs are not reimbursed, but OTC drugs are not explicitly excluded.
  7. Provisional value.
  8. Data include OTC drugs both from pharmacies and from other retailers.
  9. Data are based on wholesale of pharmaceuticals.
  10. Drug consumption in hospitals and in hospital ambulances is excluded.
  11. Data cover only drugs reimbursed by the sickness funds within the statutory health insurance.
  12. Data include all medicines with a medical prescription – compulsory health insurance, regardless of the reimbursement.
  13. Only OTC drugs with a medical prescription.
  14. Data contain exclusively the drug consumption debited to the statutory health insurance (i.e. drugs reimbursed by German Statutory Health Insurance).
  15. Data include drug consumption both in hospitals and in pharmacies.
  16. Difference in methodology.
  17. Data include drugs dispensed in pharmacies and non-reimbursed drugs.
  18. Estimated value.

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