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Table 1 Summary of NZ NMP by number of original prescriptions dispensed and patients from 2016 to 2020

From: Examining non-medical prescribing trends in New Zealand: 2016–2020

Calendar year

Medical prescriptions dispensed

NMP prescriptions dispensed

All

(medical and NMP) prescriptions dispenseda

NMP prescriptions as % of all prescriptions

Medical patients dispensed to

NMP patients dispensed to

All (medical and NMP) patients dispensed toa

NMP patients as % of all patients dispensed to

2016

76,476,931

1,407,028

78,056,369

1.8%

3,318,498

282,841

3,356,850

8.4%

2017

81,006,690

1,851,714

83,023,775

2.2%

3,432,519

347,441

3,477,274

10.0%

2018

84,263,278

2,610,400

87,075,543

3.0%

3,482,168

445,528

3,538,311

12.6%

2019

83,227,282

3,101,161

86,514,345

3.6%

3,450,211

506,945

3,514,106

14.4%

2020 half year

(1st Jan–30th June)

33,163,443

1,304,021

34,535,777

3.8%

2,574,434

239,478

2,641,302

9.1%

2016–2020

358,137,624

10,274,324

369,205,809

2.8%

16,257,830

1,822,233

16,527,843

11.0%

  1. a = totals may not sum the Medical and NMP columns due to patients getting a prescription from more than one prescriber (i.e. medical and NMP providers) and/or data classification error in databases