Table 4. Yearly drug dispension data.
| Nr of patients refilling ANY drug with G35 diagnosis in that year (those who fulfil our case definition / those who do not)* | Nr of patients refilling any of the 11 DMD and fulfilling our case definition of MS / Nr of patients refilling any of the 11 DMD and NOT fulfilling our case definition of MS* | Nr of patients refilling any DMD first time and fulfilling our case definition of MS / Nr of patients refilling any DMD first time and NOT fulfilling our case definition of MS | ratio of MS patients who received DMD that year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6162 (5358/804) | 2089 / 23 | 2089a / 23a | 0.19 |
| 2011 | 6326 (5535/791) | 2746 / 34 | 828 / 33 | 0.24 |
| 2012 | 6539 (5758/781) | 2969 / 42 | 392 / 38 | 0.25 |
| 2013 | 6671 (5920/751) | 3108 / 52 | 357 / 48 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 7130 (6314/816) | 3482 / 60 | 500 / 56 | 0.28 |
| 2015 | 7399 (6573/826) | 3808 / 70 | 466 / 63 | 0.29 |
*One patient can appear in more than one year.
aDrug dispension data are available only from 2010 therefore all patients will appear as “first time refill” this year.