Figure 4

Associated medication consumption trends. The mean consumption (circle) and its 95% confidence interval (vertical error lines) aggregated every 90 days following the index date for nine medications among cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease selected under scenario 5. Oral and parenteral corticosteroids are presented as equivalent dose to prednisolone in milligrams, and the inhaled corticosteroids as equivalent dose to budesonide. Other medications are presented as defined daily dose (DDD).