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Drug Abuse Treatment

The purpose of these statistics is to shed light on the drug addiction treatment in Denmark that the municipalities grant to citizens in accordance with Section 101 of the Service Act. The statistics are used to shed light on the extent of drug addiction treatment, types of drug addiction treatment centers and to monitor compliance with the treatment guarantee of 14 days. The statistics have been compiled since 2015 and are comparable throughout the period, but significant improvements have been made continuously to the quality of the data and in 2022 all municipalities have approved their data for the first time.

Statistical presentation

These statistics are a annual measurement of the municipalities' drug abuse treatments activities initiated by the municipalities calculated in terms of number of activities (request, initiation, ended treatment courses), courses and persons. These statistics are grouped by municipalities, sex and age groups.

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Statistical processing

Data for these statistics are continuously collected municipalities and drug treatment centers directly to SMDB or automatically through system-to-system solutions via the municipality's administrative IT-system. Data are validated extensively by presenting the collected data to the responsible municipality for validation and approval. Hereafter, we initiate validation processes that e.g. remove persons with invalid social security numbers or who have finished their treatment because they died.

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Relevance

The statistics are relevant for citizens, authorities at municipal and state level and organizations, as the basis for knowledge about activities with social drug abuse treatment - a knowledge that can be used to assess any new initiatives in the Drug Abuse Treatment. The statistical data are also used in other areas within Statistics Denmark, e.g. volume indicators for a part of the national account constant prices compilation.

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Accuracy and reliability

The overall precision of the statistics is under continuous improvement. In 2022, full coverage has been achieved for the first time for all municipalities (i.e. that all 98 municipalities have approved their data for 2022). There may generally be some uncertainty due to varying registration practices in municipalities and in drug abuse treatment centers. Audits are expected in connection with quality work. Furthermore, a higher coverage will also bring audits back in time.

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Timeliness and punctuality

These statistics are normally published six moths after the end of the reference period.

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Comparability

The statistics are compiled in the current, comparable form for 2015-2022. There are no European guidelines for statistics on social drug abuse treatment. There are European comparable statistics where data for Denmark are provided by the Danish Health and Medicines Authority.

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Accessibility and clarity

These statistics are published yearly in a Danish press release, at the same time as the tables are updated in the StatBank. In the StatBank, these statistics can be found under the subject Drug abuse treatment. For further information, go to the subject page.

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