HSE PCRS - sporedata/researchdesigneR GitHub Wiki
General description
The Irish Health Service Executive-Primary Care Reimbursement Service (HSE-PCRS) database is a national repository of pharmacy claims data, representing dispensed prescriptions that public funds wholly or partially funded.
Variable categories
- Patient's Demographics - age, gender
Related publications
- Pharmacoepidemiology resources in Ireland—an introduction to pharmacy claims data
- Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study
- Impact of drug burden index on adverse health outcomes in Irish community-dwelling older people: a cohort study
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Potential Drug-Drug Interactions in Older Community-Dwelling Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study
- Impact of changes in controlled drugs legislation on benzodiazepine receptor agonist prescribing in Ireland: a repeated cross-sectional study
- Trends in national pharmaceutical expenditure on diabetes in Ireland 2011–2015: a repeated cross-sectional study
- Agreement between self-reported morbidity and pharmacy claims data for prescribed medications in an older community based population
- Low uptake of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy in people with type 1 diabetes in Ireland: a retrospective cross-sectional study
- Trends in attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications among children and young adults in Ireland: a repeated cross-sectional study from 2005 to 2015
- Prevalence and incidence of type 1 diabetes in Ireland: a retrospective cross-sectional study using a national pharmacy claims data from 2016
Data access
The HSE-PCRS data are not publicly available but can be made available upon request.