Table 2. Method of medication report by country and ATC group.
| AUS | US | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medication Class | Medications entered as structured data N (% total in class per country) |
Medications entered as free-text N(%) |
Medications entered as structured data N(%) |
Medications entered as free-text N(%) |
| A - Alimentary Tract And Metabolism | 14,660 (97.9%) | 319 (2.1%) | 2,220 (94.9%) | 119 (5.1%) |
| B - Blood And Blood Forming Organs | 4,203 (84.5%) | 770 (15.5%) | 758 (89.0%) | 94 (11.0%) |
| C - Cardiovascular System | 28,234 (97.4%) | 767 (2.6%) | 4,985 (96.1%) | 203 (3.9%) |
| D - Dermatologicals | 2,249 (93.6%) | 155 (6.4%) | 170 (80.2%) | 42 (19.8%) |
| G - Genito Urinary System And Sex Hormones | 3,139 (97.5%) | 82 (2.5%) | 766 (94.6%) | 44 (5.4%) |
| H - Systemic Hormonal Preparations, Excl. Sex Hormones And Insulins | 3,007 (98.8%) | 36 (1.2%) | 594 (97.5%) | 15 (2.5%) |
| J - Antiinfectives For Systemic Use | 2,043 (93.9%) | 133 (6.1%) | 317 (89.8%) | 35 (9.9%) |
| L - Antineoplastic And Immunomodulating Agents | 1,164 (85.5%) | 198 (14.5%) | 128 (74.4%) | 44 (25.6%) |
| M - Musculo-Skeletal System | 8,780 (98.6%) | 123 (1.4%) | 1,206 (95.3%) | 59 (4.7%) |
| N - Nervous System | 18,418 (97.1%) | 541 (2.9%) | 1,702 (95.3%) | 81 (4.5%) |
| P - Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides And Repellents | 336 (94.1%) | 21 (5.9%) | 33 (86.8%) | 5 (13.2%) |
| R - Respiratory System | 4,957 (92.4%) | 409 (7.6%) | 967 (94.0%) | 62 (6.0%) |
| S - Sensory Organs | 1,932 (93.1%) | 143 (6.9%) | 439 (89.0%) | 54 (11.0%) |
| V - Various | 73 (73.7%) | 26 (26.3%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) |
| N/A – Non-prescription medication | 5449 (83.9%) | 1044 (16.1%) | 1292 (78.3%) | 358 (13.5%) |
| N/A - Combinations | 7823 (95.5%) | 365 (4.5%) | 1033 (92.7%) | 81 (7.3%) |
| TOTAL | 106,330 (95.7%) | 4767(4.3%) | 16,580 (93.2%) | 1216 (6.8%) |