Medication Counts shows you the number of prescriptions (scripts) that have been dispensed for a selected drug/s over time, allowing you to compare the proportion of scripts to the market and confirm your internal in market sales (IMS) data. 

How can this report be used?

The Medication Counts report could be used to: 

• Understand the general trend of medication use in the market
• Predict surges in medicine use by looking at seasonal trends 
• Compare script volume between your drug and a competitor/s drug
• Understand your overall market share

Note: This report only includes information relating to script counts. Analysis on packs and quantities is currently not available in Prospection platform.

How is this report calculated?

The Medication Counts report counts the number of scripts per patient dispensed.  

Note: The Medication Count report calculation is different to the Market Scripts report in our previous product, PharmDash, which counted the number of scripts prescribed for a patient.

What does this report show you? 

You can identify the source and loss of patients (over time) for:

• your drug 
• a competitor drug 
• a particular class of drug 
• a particular order of treatment 
• a particular demographic – sex, age, location 
• a particular diagnoses (if applicable)

How can you modify the chart? 

The filters above the chart (report filters) allow you to explore the data by parameters such as patient demographics, prescriber type, and time period.   

Metric 

You can select a metric breakdown to view the moving average (smoothing) or moving total (i.e. a rolling quarterly or yearly sum of the data) within the chart. More information on this feature can be found here. 

Display (modeled or actual data)

Display allows you to view 'Actual Data ' or ‘Modeled data' in the chart and table.

Display data as

You can select the metric you want to view your data, by selecting an option from the Display data as dropdown list.

Number of prescriptions: Number of scripts dispensed per item group selected

% of prescriptions in the market: Percentage of scripts dispensed compared to the entire market. The market is defined by the number of scripts dispensed for all drugs listed in the Item group filter. 

% of prescriptions selected: Percentage of scripts dispensed compared to the defined cohort (drug/s selected in the item group filter. If one drug is selected it will have 100% of the market share.