Table 1.
Anatomical main groups of Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system included in the aggregated data for prescription dispensations and over-the-counter medication sales.
Fig 1.
Volume of dispensed defined daily doses of prescription medication per 1000 inhabitants by week, 2015–2020, Sweden (a) the entire population and (b) by age group.
Note: The vertical lines indicate the weeks containing March 19th and April 1st 2020 when limits on medication sales were recommended and then mandated in Sweden, respectively.
Fig 2.
Observed versus predicted volume of dispensed defined daily doses of prescription medications per 1000 inhabitants by ATC anatomical main group, 2020, Sweden.
Note: The vertical lines indicate the weeks containing March 19th and April 1st 2020 when limits on medication sales were recommended and then mandated, respectively. P-values that remain significant after Bonferroni correction are marked. Legend: solid black line = observed values; dotted blue line with open circles = predicted values; dotted blue lines, no marker = upper and lower 95% confidence limits; single red circle = 5% significance level; double red circle = 1% significance level; double red circle with star = 0.1% significance level.
Fig 3.
(a) Volume of defined daily doses sold of over-the-counter medication per 1000 inhabitants by week, 2015–2020, Sweden; (b) Observed versus predicted weekly volume of defined daily doses sold of over-the-counter medication per 10000 inhabitants by ATC anatomical main group, 2020, Sweden.
Note: The vertical lines indicate the weeks containing March 19th and April 1st 2020 when limits on medication sales were recommended and then mandated, respectively. P-values that remain significant after Bonferroni correction are marked. Legend: solid black line = observed values; dotted blue line with open circles = predicted values; dotted blue lines, no marker = upper and lower 95% confidence limits; single red circle = 5% significance level; double red circle = 1% significance level; double red circle with star = 0.1% significance level.