The pattern of drug usage as obtained from a continuous recording of prescriptions in the
county of Jämtland, Sweden, is described. Of 16600 persons monitored, about 60 …

Summary Prescribed drugs dispensed to 13%(17 000) of the inhabitants in the county of
Jämtland, Sweden, have been continuously recorded since 1970. Individual patients in the …

Drug prescribing in Sweden under the National Insurance Act has been continuously
recorded since 1974. A random sample of 1 in 288 is drawn from the about 24 million …

Based on sales statistics, prescription habits and figures, interviews, and, in certain
instances, on determinations of drug plasma levels, various aspects of drug usage in …

All Swedish citizens (8.3 million inhabitants) belong to the National Health Service system.
In 1954 the Swedish Parliament decided that certain drugs should be free of cost when …

This study investigates the users of prescription drugs in primary care in Finland in 1976.
The data are derived from a national health interview survey, the sample of which …

Degree: D. Med. DegreeYear: 1990 Institute: Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) Publisher:
Department Of Clinical Pharmacology Of The Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University …

In this study individual data on prescription drug purchases in the total population of a
Swedish municipality have been analyzed in order to study changes in the use of …

The available sources of information on drug utilization in the Swedish population at large
are reviewed. They comprise whole‐sale statistics, drug deliveries to hospitals and …

Do drug utilization data, versus other health care data–such as causes of death and sick
reports, discharge diagnoses, and number of days on the sick list–give a similar picture of …