Documentation of statistics: Drug Abuse Treatment
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Drug Abuse Treatment 2025
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, Imputering 2018-2020 (pdf) (in Danish only), The purpose of the statistics is to shed light on drug abuse treatment in Denmark provided by municipalities to citizens under Section 101 of the Social Services Act, Section 142 of the Health Act, and Section 33 of the Child Act. The statistics are used, among other things, to account for the number of citizens in drug abuse treatment, the number and types of drug abuse treatments, and to monitor adherence to the 14-day treatment guarantee from request to initiation of treatment. , These statistics have been compiled since 2015, and data quality has been continuously improved. With the release of the 2025 figures, national totals for the period 2018–2025 will be published 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 regions, municipalities, sex and age groups., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, Data for these statistics are continuously collected municipalities directly to SMDB or automatically through system-to-system solutions via the municipality's administrative IT-system., Data are validated extensively by asking the responsible municipality to check their reported data online for validation and approval. Hereafter, we initiate validation processes that e.g. remove persons with invalid social security numbers or who have ended their treatment because they died., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The statistics are relevant to anyone with an interest in the field of drug abuse, including researchers, municipalities, drug abuse treatment providers, regions, ministries, as well as interest organizations. The statistics provide concrete knowledge about publicly referred and paid drug abuse treatment in Denmark and contribute more generally to an understanding of the drug abuse field. The data foundation is used for research purposes and internationally within the EU framework, but also in policy contexts by, for example, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Interior to formulate new policies in the field of drug abuse., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The overall accuracy and reliability of the statistics are being continuously improved. Unlike previous years, full coverage has been achieved for the reference years 2021–2025, meaning that all 98 municipalities have approved their data. In connection with the release of the 2025 data, values for two municipalities for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020 have been imputed. As a result, national totals are published for the first time for all years from 2018 to 2025., In general, some uncertainty remains due to variations in municipal reporting practices and incomplete registrations., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics are published without any delays relative to the scheduled release dates., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The statistics cover the period 2015–2025 and are comparable throughout the entire period for municipalities that have approved their reports for the census year., Comparability over time is affected by differences in municipal registration practices, interpretation of questions, and changes in reporting requirements. At the same time, data quality has improved over time through enhanced validation and dialogue with the municipalities., International comparisons are handled by the Danish Health Data Authority and the Danish Health Authority., When comparing over time, it should be noted that there are differences in registration practices among municipalities, and certain questions may be interpreted differently depending on the case worker completing the forms. Furthermore, changes in reporting requirements over time and the transfer of substance abuse treatment to different authorities may affect comparability. As of January 1, 2024, the Enrollment, Services, and Discharge forms became voluntary to report, and as of January 1, 2025, they will no longer be possible to report. Therefore, the register SMDB_IBIB has been closed., In addition, when comparing data over time, it should be taken into account that data quality is generally considered to have improved over time as a result of a more intensive, continuous, and targeted validation process, as well as the introduction of the SMDB web reporting system., Read more about comparability, 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, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity
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