This statistic displays the number of prescription drugs dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2018/19. Over 103 million prescription drugs were dispensed in Scotland during the financial year 2018/19. Figures for prescription drugs dispensed in England was over one billion during the year 2017/18.
Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2018/19
(in millions)
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Information Services Division, & NHS Health Scotland. (July 23, 2019). Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2018/19 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 10, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, und NHS Health Scotland. "Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2018/19 (in millions)." Chart. July 23, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, NHS Health Scotland. (2019). Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2018/19 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, and NHS Health Scotland. "Number of Pharmaceutical Prescription Items Dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2018/19 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division & NHS Health Scotland, Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2018/19 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/ (last visited August 10, 2020)
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