title: A pharmacoepidemiological study of the consumption of antiparkinson drugs in the Basque Autonomous Community (Spain) (1992-2004).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To monitor the rise in consumption of antiparkinson drugs as well as the prevalence of this illness in the Basque Autonomous Community (Spain) over a period of 13 years (1992-2004).
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective population-based study where consumption of antiparkinson drugs was conducted using data obtained from the ECOM (Especialidades Consumo de Medicamentos) database of the Spanish Ministry of Health, which contains the number of prescriptions filled in community pharmacies and charged to the National Health System. The results are expressed as DID, Defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Consumption of antiparkinson drugs has increased in the Basque Autonomous Community.
authors.affiliation: Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Basque Country University, Paseo de la Universidad, 7. 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. eider.abasolo@ehu.es
authors.forename: Eider Abasolo
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Osinaga
authors.forename: Luis Carlos Abecia
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Inchaurregui
authors.forename: Itziar Etxeandia
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Ikobaltzeta
authors.forename: Natalia Burgos
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Javier García
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Del Pozo
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019992:Databases as Topic; D017723:Drug Utilization Review / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents