Relation between drug utilization and morbidity pattern

Do drug utilization data, versus other health care data--such as causes of death and sick reports, discharge diagnoses, and number of days on the sick list--give a similar picture of the health status in Sweden? Though a number of discrepancies exist between these sources of information, analyses show that the similarities between the pictures they give of the health status are considerable, provided due consideration is given the facts that--for self-evident reasons--certain illnesses and injuries are not to be found in all the sources.