title: The changing relationship between prescribing and unemployment at family health service authority level in England, 1983-92.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between unemployment and prescribing costs over time.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a longitudinal study.
  
  
  METHODS
  All 90 family health service authorities in England, 1983-92.
  
  
  METHODS
  All general practices in England.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The strength of the relationship varied over the period, falling to a very low value during the last two years of the decade.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unemployment rates are not suitable as a proxy for the determination of prescribing costs.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scrivener
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011306:Prescription Fees; D013997:Time Factors; D014478:Unemployment