title: [The impact of income and education on medicine consumption in a representative sample of Lodz inhabitants between the ages of 18-64 years].
abstract: Evaluation of medicine consumption and factors influencing it's level is an important element in estimation of health care system functionality. One of the purposes of CINDI Programme (Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention Programme) conducted among the insured in Regional Health Authority in Lodz was to evaluate medicine consumption and factors influencing it's level. The study was conducted according to WHO standards set for CINDI Programme in 27 countries. The surveys were directed at random samples of the adult population, 1857 men and women age 18 to 64 were selected. The data were collected with questionnaire at the doctor's visit. The study showed that medicine was taken by people in the oldest age groups, with higher education and women. Income had no effect on medicine consumption level. Medicine consumption in people with diagnosed circulatory system disease depended on age. Analgesic drugs are taken more often by older people, women and people with higher education. Sedative drugs are more often taken by older women, vitamins are more often taken by women with higher education. Among women questioned, small proportion is taking substitutive hormonal therapy and contraceptives. Women with higher education are taking that therapy most often. Medicine consumption was strongly related to poor self-rated health, especially among people with diagnosed chronic disease.
authors.affiliation: Lódzki Oddział Narodowego Funduszu, Zdrowia, Lódź. interna@wss.zgierz.pl
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stelmach
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaczmarczyk-Chałas
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mianowany
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Drygas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000191:economics*; D011044:Poland; D011897:Random Allocation; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations