| Characteristic | Number of users |
|---|---|
| 2024* | 30,951 |
| 2023* | 31,975 |
| 2022 | 1,005,000 |
| 2021 | 984,440 |
| 2020 | 932,110 |
| 2019 | 963,160 |
| 2018 | 1,111,000 |
| 2017 | 1,021,000 |
| 2016 | 913,390 |
| 2015 | 779,210 |
| 2014 | 645,580 |
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Release date
May 2025
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Region
Netherlands
Survey time period
2014 to 2024
Supplementary notes
User is defined as a patient who, throughout a calendar year, at least issued and received once the relevant medicine(s) or medical resource(s). This might also be the declaration from a reparation or adjustment of a certain medical resource.
Concerning pharmaceutical goods that are prescribed as well as (outside of institutions like hospitals and nursing homes) provided and compensated on the basis of the health insurance law (ZVW).
* The source provides no explanation for the heavy drop in 2023 and 2024.
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