Estonian Drug Treatment Register

The Estonian Drug Treatment Register collects data on the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders due to drug use in Estonia.

Why is the register needed?

To analyze the occurrence of drug use
To predict the quantity of health care services
To shape the health policy
To obtain information on psychoactive substances on the drug market
To perform statistics and research

What data do we collect?

Patient’s name, personal identification code, socio-demographic background
Risk behavior (age at first drug use, primary drug used, frequency of use, overdose experience)
Drug treatment (primary diagnosis, type of treatment, medications, start and end date of a treatment episode)
Contributory diagnoses
Date and cause of death

How do we collect data?

Psychiatric health care providers have statutory obligation to send an e-notification to the register when starting or finishing a drug treatment episode.

Publication of data

Aggregated data are published in the health statistics and health research database

Data are transmitted to international organizations

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)