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 |
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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% |