Doctor, Medication and Self-Treatment

Doctor, medication and self-treatment from the view of the population.

Topics: Composition of the medicine chest; frequency of shopping for
medications; detailed information on type of health complaints in the
last year; conduct with tooth complaints and frequency of trips to the
dentist; family doctor or individual doctor; significance and subject
area of the family doctor; subject area of doctors consulted; judgement
on the influence of advertising for pharmaceuticals on the prescription
practice of the doctor; sources of purchase of medication in general
and for self-treatments motivated by pharmaceutical advertising; trust
in media or persons in recommending medication; desired prescription of
medications; type of complaints, for which a desired medicine was
prescribed; prescription of medications one had to pay for oneself;
reason of the doctor for the self-payment; health complaints and
practices with samples received from the doctor; conduct with minor
complaints and type of household remedy used; use of medication not
used up; knowledge about perishability of tablets, drops and syrups;
supposed causes of physical complaints; participation in protective
vaccinations and medical check-ups; type of complaints and conduct with
sensitivity to changes in the weather; sensitivity to pain, pain
localization and self-help measures.

Demography: age; marital status; religious denomination; school education;
occupation; employment; household income; size of household; head of household.