the datasets included in this study cover the key health care services provided to patients hospital inpatient services community health services including primary health care emergency health care and formal longterm care such as nursing homes and home care services the use of prescription medicines is a key part of the health care services offered to patients that are delivered in hospital in other care settings and in the community to be used at home they are both tremendously useful and highly risky products and understanding benefits and risks is essential to keeping patients healthy and safe thus these data are a key component of health care pathways and outcomes