Table. Prescriptions of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in the period 2014–2020.

	Total prescriptions	SHI prescriptions *1	Private prescriptions *2
	(n)	(n)	(n)	%
2014	341 621	212 438	124 244	36.4%
2015	335 826	208 274	123 054	36.6%
2016	332 347	203 970	124 144	37.4%
2017	326 545	199 421	124 229	38.0%
2018	326 119	197 078	126 888	38.9%
2019	323 785	191 719	130 523	40.3%
2020 *3	214 203	124 796	88 509	41.3%
Sum	2 200 446	1 337 696	841 591	38.2%
Change *4	−5%	−10%	5%

*¹ Prescriptions covered by statutory health insurance (SHI)

*² Only for SHI patients

*³ January to August 2020

*⁴ Change between 2014 (= 100%) and 2019