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Río, María del Carmen del Prada Puentes, Carlos Álvarez González, Francisco Javier 2016-02-23T09:35:43Z 2016-02-23T09:35:43Z 1997 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, (1997); 6(1): 41–48 1053-8569 http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/16211 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199701)6:1<41::AID-PDS250>3.0.CO;2-6 41 1 48 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 6 Producción Científica The aim of the study was to assess patterns of the use of medicines by the general population older than 0 years. The study was based on the information contained in the computerized database from the 1993 Spanish Household Health Survey. A representative sample of the population older than 0 was identi- ®ed, and a survey of 26,334 persons was carried out. Of the population 45.3% had taken some medicine in the last 2 weeks prior to the carrying out of the survey. The proportion was greater for women (50.6%) than for men (39.6%). With increasing age, the frequency and amount of medication use increased. A little over 20% of the medicines used were not prescribed by a doctor (self-medication). Data show the frequency of the use of medicines by the Spanish population. # 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. application/pdf eng Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Medicamentos Toxicomanía The use of medication by the Spanish population info:eu-repo/semantics/article SI