New Zealand: number of methodone treatment initial dispensings by demographic 2021

In the 2021 financial year in New Zealand, there were over 80 thousand initial dispensings of methodone treatments for opioid dependence in the country, of which over 76 thousand were dispensed to adults aged between 20 and 64 years of age.

Number of methodone treatment for opioid dependence initial dispensings* in New Zealand in financial year 2021, by demographic

Characteristic	Number of methodone treatments
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Release date

March 2022

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Region

New Zealand

Survey time period

financial year 2021

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New Zealand's financial year runs from April 1 to March 31 of the stated year; for example, financial year 2021 starts on April 1, 2020 and ends on March 31, 2021.

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*The number of times a pharmaceutical product was dispensed from a pharmacy to a named person as initial dispensing’s or all at once (i.e. excludes repeat dispensing’s). The Pharmaceutical Collection only counts publicly funded, community dispensed pharmaceuticals; it does not count hospital dispensings, drugs not funded by Pharmac,or prescriptions that were never dispensed.

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