The dataset contains the co-medicated medication pairs used in the Norwegian elderly population at January 1. 2013. The edge list consists of three variables; medication 1, medication 2, represented by ATC codes, and edges variable. The edge variable represents the number of patients who combined pairs of medications. The edge list is a preparatory form to generate a network.

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The dataset is generated from a larger dataset which contains the Norwegian elderly medication use (2012-2014).This dataset contains the medication use of the Norwegian elderly at a chosen index date (01.01.2013), according to our co-medication definition described in the article. The dataset is an edge list, which is the suitable form of data to create networks.