Parallels in drug consumption. I

: Drug consumption, expressed in indicators of departmental statistics is the basis of chronological series the development and trend of which is assessed. On this basis parallelisms of these indicators were followed up in 1971-1985. The method applied was used to formulate differences in drug consumption with regard to regional variations, and differences with regard to the functional type of health facilities. The presented method can be one of the sources for the formulation of hypotheses on factors influencing drug consumption.