[Long-term evaluation of the relation of demographic and health indicators to drug utilization].

Abstract

Indicators of demographic and medical statistics display different relationships at the level of drug consumption and from these relationships different potential influences may be derived. The relationship is expressed exactly and because it develops with time its developmental trends are analyzed on a nation-wide scale in the course of 17 years. The period of analysis permits to formulate some conclusions on the stability of this relationship with regard to individual essential factors.