National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS)

The NDTRS is an epidemiological database on treated cases problem drug and alcohol use in Ireland. It records episodes of treatment during the calendar year. It also records incidence and prevalence of drug and alcohol treatment.

Purpose: The NDTRS was established as an epidemiological database on drug and alcohol misuse treatment episodes in publically funded services.It records incidence of drug and alcohol treatment.

Treatment as defined in the NDTRS:  any activity that aims to improve the psychological, medical and social state of individuals  one or more of the following: medication (detoxification, methadone reduction and substitution programmes), addiction counselling, group therapy, psychotherapy and/or life skills

Coverage: National

Data is published annually (approximately 6 months in arrears) however the on-line portal can faciliate real time reporting.

Data and Resources

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Additional Info

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Contact points
Contact point 1
URI
Name
Health Research Board
Email
data@health-research-boar.ie
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Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
Health Research Board
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
Identifier
Creator
Homepage
Landing page
Release date January 1, 1995
Modification date April 7, 2023
Version
Version notes
Identifier NDC-0085
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/QUARTERLY
Provenance

Service providers at drug treatment centres throughout Ireland compile a record of each episode of treatment who attends through the online data entry portal. Submission of data on paper forms can be facilitated if required.

As there is currently no unique health identifier in Ireland, the NDTRS records episodes (or cases) of treatment, not individuals.

Data is published annually (approximately 6 months in arrears) however the on-line portal can faciliate real time reporting.
Type
Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 1995
End
August 17, 2024
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Spatial coverage
Spatial coverage 1
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
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Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/NON_PUBLIC
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Theme
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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Health category
  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/ehr
  2. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/registries
Health theme
  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/epidemiology
  2. http://health.europa.eu/theme/public-health
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Minimum typical age 15
Maximum typical age 65
Number of records 56602
Number of records for unique individuals. 217834
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