In 2004, NOMESCO received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers for a special publication concerning medicines consumption and expenditure. The report is a follow-up to the theme section of Health Statistics in the Nordic Countries 1999. NOMESCO 61:2001.
Chapter 1 highlights the general trends and regulatory changes during 1999-2003. Chapter 2 provides an account of the structure of the report. Chapter 3 and 4 describe the development of medicines expenditure and the development of medicines consumption, respectively.