Springer V, Kotoucková M, Majtás J
Katedra farmaceutickej prevádzky Farmaceutickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava.
Cesk Farm. 1990 Apr;39(2):86-9.
The present paper analyzes the consumption of drugs in the out-patient health care for city population in relation to age and sex. An automated information system of processing of medical prescriptions by means of computer technique was used. Drug consumption is expressed in the form of costs. The drug consumption for 1984 in the whole population of a city with more than 400 thousand inhabitants was evaluated. Population was divided into 17 age groups (5 years in each) always separately within sex. The results show that drug consumption calculated per 1 person up to the age of 30 is affected by age only negligibly. In the population over 30, drug consumption is markedly increased with age up to the highest age categories. Mathematical analysis has demonstrated that the relation of drug consumption to age expressed per 1 person is best portrayed by a second-degree parabola.
本文分析了城市人口门诊医疗中药物消费与年龄和性别的关系。采用了借助计算机技术处理医疗处方的自动化信息系统。药物消费以成本形式表示。对一个有40多万居民的城市的全体人口1984年的药物消费进行了评估。人口按17个年龄组划分（每组5岁），且始终按性别分开。结果表明，30岁以下人群按每人计算的药物消费受年龄影响极小。在30岁以上人群中，药物消费随年龄显著增加，直至最高年龄组。数学分析表明，按每人计算的药物消费与年龄的关系最好用二次抛物线来描述。
