Persons with dispensed medicines; origin

Persons with dispensed medicines; origin

Sex Age Origin Medicine group (ATC) Periods Persons with medicines, relative (%) Defined daily doses (DDD), relative (number per 1 000 persons)
Total male and female Total age Total Total 2022* 63.99 510,975
Total male and female Total age Total A Alimentary tract and metabolism 2022* 24.87 120,801
Total male and female Total age Total A01 Stomatological preparations 2022* 0.62 51
Total male and female Total age Total A01A Stomatological preparations 2022* 0.62 51
Total male and female Total age Total A02 Drugs for acid related disorders 2022* 12.48 45,198
Total male and female Total age Total A02A Antacids 2022* 0.00 1
Total male and female Total age Total A02B Drugs for peptic ulcer and gord 2022* 12.48 45,196
Total male and female Total age Total A02X Oth. drugs for acid related disord. 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A03 Drugs for funct.gastrointest.disord. 2022* 2.08 1,241
Total male and female Total age Total A03A Drugs for functional bowel disord. 2022* 0.50 945
Total male and female Total age Total A03B Belladonna and derivatives, plain 2022* 0.02 2
Total male and female Total age Total A03C Antispasmodics with psycholeptics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A03D Antispasmodics with analgesics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A03E Antispasmodics and anticholinergics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A03F Propulsives 2022* 1.61 295
Total male and female Total age Total A04 Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 0.74 69
Total male and female Total age Total A04A Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 0.74 69
Total male and female Total age Total A05 Bile and liver therapy 2022* 0.10 280
Total male and female Total age Total A05A Bile therapy 2022* 0.10 280
Total male and female Total age Total A05B Liver therapy, lipotropics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A05C Bile therapy drugs and lipotropics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A06 Laxatives 2022* 8.59 8,027
Total male and female Total age Total A06A Laxatives 2022* 8.59 8,027
Total male and female Total age Total A07 Anti diarr/intest/infl/infect.agents 2022* 0.96 3,936
Total male and female Total age Total A07A Intestinal antiinfectives 2022* 0.36 69
Total male and female Total age Total A07B Intestinal adsorbents 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A07D Antipropulsives 2022* 0.12 113
Total male and female Total age Total A07E Intestinal antiinflammatory agents 2022* 0.49 3,754
Total male and female Total age Total A07F Antidiarrheal microorganisms 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A07X Other antidiarrheals 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A08 Antiobesity prep. excl.diet products 2022* 0.00 2
Total male and female Total age Total A08A Antiobesity prep.excl.diet products 2022* 0.00 2
Total male and female Total age Total A09 Digestives, incl. enzymes 2022* 0.12 331
Total male and female Total age Total A09A Digestives, incl. enzymes 2022* 0.12 331
Total male and female Total age Total A10 Drugs used in diabetes 2022* 4.85 29,172
Total male and female Total age Total A10A Insulins and analogues 2022* 1.54 7,936
Total male and female Total age Total A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. 2022* 4.28 21,236
Total male and female Total age Total A10X Other drugs used in diabetes 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A11 Vitamins 2022* 5.56 22,797
Total male and female Total age Total A11A Multivitamins, combinations 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A11B Multivitamins, plain 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A11C Vit A and D, incl.combin.of the two 2022* 5.55 22,789
Total male and female Total age Total A11D Vitamin B1,and with vit. B6 and B12 2022* 0.01 4
Total male and female Total age Total A11E Vitamin B-complex, incl. combinat. 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A11G Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) + combin. 2022* 0.00 4
Total male and female Total age Total A11H Other plain vitamin preparations 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A11J Other vitamin products + combinat. 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A12 Mineral supplements 2022* 3.34 9,654
Total male and female Total age Total A12A Calcium 2022* 3.18 9,490
Total male and female Total age Total A12B Potassium 2022* 0.16 130
Total male and female Total age Total A12C Other mineral supplements 2022* 0.05 34
Total male and female Total age Total A13 Tonics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A13A Tonics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A14 Anabolic agents for systemic use 2022* 0.00 3
Total male and female Total age Total A14A Anabolic steroids 2022* 0.00 3
Total male and female Total age Total A14B Other anabolic agents 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A15 Appetite stimulants 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total A16 Other aliment.tract/metabol.products 2022* 0.02 41
Total male and female Total age Total A16A Oth.aliment.tract and metabol.prod. 2022* 0.02 41
Total male and female Total age Total B Blood and blood forming organs 2022* 13.22 50,481
Total male and female Total age Total B01 Antithrombotic agents 2022* 10.64 32,515
Total male and female Total age Total B01A Antithrombotic agents 2022* 10.64 32,515
Total male and female Total age Total B02 Antihemorrhagics 2022* 0.30 71
Total male and female Total age Total B02A Antifibrinolytics 2022* 0.22 43
Total male and female Total age Total B02B Vitamin k and other hemostatics 2022* 0.08 28
Total male and female Total age Total B03 Antianemic preparations 2022* 3.35 17,890
Total male and female Total age Total B03A Iron preparations 2022* 1.82 641
Total male and female Total age Total B03B Vitamin B12 and folic acid 2022* 1.69 17,249
Total male and female Total age Total B03X Other antianemic preparations 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total B05 Blood substitutes / perfus.solutions 2022* 0.26 4
Total male and female Total age Total B05A Blood and related products 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total B05B Intravenous solutions 2022* 0.25 4
Total male and female Total age Total B05C Irrigating solutions 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total B05D Peritoneal dialytics 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total B05X Intravenous solution additives 2022* 0.01 0
Total male and female Total age Total B05Z Hemodialytics and hemofiltrates 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total B06 Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total B06A Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total C Cardiovascular system 2022* 21.25 163,444
Total male and female Total age Total C01 Cardiac therapy 2022* 2.53 5,148
Total male and female Total age Total C01A Cardiac glycosides 2022* 0.45 657
Total male and female Total age Total C01B Antiarrhythmics, class I and III 2022* 0.39 890
Total male and female Total age Total C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 2022* 0.36 6
Total male and female Total age Total C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 2022* 1.40 3,406
Total male and female Total age Total C01E Other cardiac preparations 2022* 0.07 189
Total male and female Total age Total C02 Antihypertensives 2022* 0.32 1,153
Total male and female Total age Total C02A Antiadren.agents, centrally acting 2022* 0.07 139
Total male and female Total age Total C02B Antiadren.agents, ganglion-blocking 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total C02C Antiadren.agents, peripher. acting 2022* 0.24 980
Total male and female Total age Total C02D Arteriolar smooth muscle agents 2022* 0.00 3
Total male and female Total age Total C02K Other antihypertensives 2022* 0.01 31
Total male and female Total age Total C02L Antihypertensives/diuretics combin. 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total C02N Combinations of antihypertensives.. 2022* 0.00 0
Total male and female Total age Total C03 Diuretics 2022* 5.80 15,381
Total male and female Total age Total C03A Low-ceiling diuretics, thiazides 2022* 3.17 6,335
Total male and female Total age Total C03B Low-ceiling diuret.,excl. thiazides 2022* 0.35 752
Total male and female Total age Total C03C High-ceiling diuretics 2022* 1.96 6,801
Total male and female Total age Total C03D Potassium-sparing agents 2022* 1.15 1,284
Total male and female Total age Total C03E Diuretics/potassium-sparing agents 2022* 0.07 208
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains figures on the absolute number of persons to whom in the year concerned medicines were dispensed for which the costs are reimbursed under the statutory basic medical insurance. Also, the number of dispensed defined daily doses (DDDs) are presented. The figures are also expressed as a percentage of the total population in the category concerned. The population includes everybody registered in the Basic Registration of Persons (BRP) and living in the Netherlands at some point in the year concerned. Until 2010 the figures also included medicines dispensed to persons registered in the BRP, but no longer resident in the Netherlands.
Medicines provided to persons in hospitals and nursing homes are not included; medicines provided in residential homes for the elderly are included.

Data are broken down by medicine group, origin, age and sex.

Data available from 2020.

Status of the figures:
Figures for 2022 are provisional.

Changes as of December 20, 2023:
- Provisional figures for 2022 have been added, provisional figures of 2020 and 2021 have been made definite.
- Textual change: the description of drug group Y (Not filled in) has been replaced by Z (Not applicable). However, the underlying resources have remained the same. This category is assigned to products that do not have an ATC code according to the WHO ATC classification system.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the last quarter of 2024.

Description topics

Persons with medicines, relative
Number of persons to whom medicines are dispensed in the year concerned that are reimbursed under the statutory basic medical insurance, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the category concerned registered in the Basic Registration of Persons (BRP) in that year.
Defined daily doses (DDD), relative
Defined Daily Dose (DDD) is de door de WHO vastgestelde gemiddelde dagelijkse dosis van een geneesmiddel, wanneer het geneesmiddel wordt ingezet voor de hoofdindicatie, bij een onderhoudsbehandeling voor volwassenen. Deze definitie maakt het mogelijk om het gebruik van verschillende toedieningsvormen en verschillende middelen met elkaar te vergelijken.

WHO: World Health Organisation, Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie