Pharmaceuticals prescribed at the expense of the statutory health insurance (millions of defined daily doses (DDD)). Classification: years, Germany, specialist group of prescriber

Specialist group (field)	Year (descending)
	1991 Info	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
General (medical) practitioner	11,696	17,482	15,223	16,554	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Family doctors	.	.	.	.	20,302	22,584	22,925	22,740	22,611	23,796	24,378	24,537
Internists working as family       doctors	.	.	.	.	7,330	9,021	9,411	9,690	9,953	10,812	11,438	11,839
Anaesthetists	.	.	.	.	75	80	82	82	81	85	88	91
Ophthalmologists	1,017	1,227	911	558	551	628	645	660	665	705	706	727
Surgeons	64	82	130	64	108	126	121	120	118	125	128	139
Gynecologists	623	1,157	1,755	1,041	936	908	887	881	868	966	996	1,128
Ear, nose and throat practitioners	201	253	267	165	183	228	230	218	220	237	233	245
Dermatologists	372	423	487	298	324	373	380	397	400	420	441	458
Internists	4,571	5,072	5,508	6,615	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gastroenterologists	.	.	.	.	98	120	124	130	131	142	148	165
Haematologists/oncologists	.	.	.	.	90	117	123	156	158	166	143	187
Heart specialists	.	.	.	.	210	237	245	245	254	278	301	318
Nephrologists	.	.	.	.	336	399	417	430	433	456	471	482
Pneumologists	.	.	.	.	348	394	405	412	420	451	469	478
Other internists	.	.	.	.	765	756	748	721	691	702	695	701
Pediatricians	862	1,144	1,131	848	740	782	808	817	830	843	800	859
Neurologists       ("Nervenärztinnen und -       ärzte")	338	474	692	768	651	665	646	632	608	604	593	568
Neurologists	.	.	.	.	213	324	350	380	400	448	482	534
Orthopedists	195	207	288	234	275	302	309	307	307	327	341	363
Psychiatrists	.	.	.	.	243	351	367	380	396	436	501	560
Urologists	129	177	296	285	405	466	477	480	484	512	520	539
Others issuing prescriptions	2,911	3,223	1,080	941	1,201	913	870	881	847	900	949	911
Dentists	.	.	.	.	.	456	491	509	471	519	496	460

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