Table 1.

Availability of algorithms components in data sources

Country Region	Health care setting	Source for medication data	Presence of data components
			In-patient diagnoses	Out-patient/ other hospital unspecified diagnoses	Primary care diagnoses	Medication data
Finland National	Primary care, out- and in-patient specialist care	Dispensed medicines in community pharmacies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dispensed
France Haute-Garonne	In-patient specialist care	Prescribed and dispensed medicines in community pharmacies	Yes	No	No	Dispensed
Italy Emilia Romagna	In-patient specialist care	Dispensed medicines in community and hospital pharmacies (for outpatient use)	Yes	Only from emergency room and mental health service	No	Dispensed
Norway National	Primary care, out- and in-patient specialist care	Dispensed medicines in community pharmacies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dispensed
Spain Valencian Region	In-patient specialist care	Dispensed medicines in community and hospital pharmacies (for outpatient use)	Yes	No	No	Dispensed
UK Wales	Primary care and in-patient specialist care	Prescribed medicines as recorded in primary care	Yes	No	Yes	Prescribed