Accessibility and clarity

Release calendar

The publication date appears in the release calendar. The date is confirmed in the weeks before.

Release calendar access

The Release Calender can be accessed on our English website: Release Calender.

User access

Statistics are always published at 8:00 a.m. at the day announced in the release calendar. No one outside of Statistics Denmark can access the statistics before they are published.

News release

These statistics are published yearly in a Danish press release.

Publications

Not relevant for these statistics.

On-line database

The statistics are published in the StatBank under the subject Drug abuse treatment.

• SMDBV001
• SMDBV002
• SMDBV003
• SMDBV004
• SMDBV005

Micro-data access

Researchers and other analysts from authorized research institutions, can be granted access to the underlying micro-data by contacting Research Services.

Other

SMDB supplies data to three registers: - VBGS: "Waiting times regarding treatment guarantee for drug addicts", which is owned by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Housing and the Senior Citizens. The VBGS register includes an municipality part (Waiting times regarding treatment guarantee for drug addicts) and an treatment treatment center part (admissions). Before 1 July 2019, the treatment center part was an independent register called the Danish Registration and Information System (DanRis) at the Center for Alcohol and Drug Research. The municipality part of the VBGS register builds the data foundation for these statistics.

• SIB: ”Substance addicts in treatment”, which is owned by the The Danish Health Data Authority.

• KVALHEP: "Quality in medical treatment and Hepatitis C", which is owned by the Danish Health Authority.

Confidentiality - policy

Data Confidentiality Policy at Statistics Denmark.

Confidentiality - data treatment

There are no data displayed in the statistics bank when there are fewer than 3 observations in a cell, when the unit is persons.

Documentation on methodology

The current statistics are prepared based on the Code of Practice, which together constitutes a code of conduct for statistical production. The statistics are based on the associated Quality Assurance Framework (QAF), particularly focusing on principles of quality assurance, well-founded methods, data confidentiality, and impartiality. The content of the Code of Practice and QAF can be found on Quality in Official Statistics. Additionally, information about the creation of the statistics can be found on the information page, and the SMDB team can always be contacted for further clarification on methodology via smdb@dst.dk.

Quality documentation

Results from the quality evaluation of products and selected processes are available in detail for each statistics and in summary reports for the Working Group on Quality.