INVESTIGATION OF SEASONAL DRUG SALES DATA BY ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS

As data storage is easier to store in digital environments, data recordings alone are worthless. Data mining, which is the result of being processed and turned into meaningful for a specific purpose, is applied to various fields. Finance, marketing, insurance, banking, electronic commerce, communication, stock exchange, industry, science and engineering, risk analysis, education and health are some of these areas, but it can be said that the benefits of applications in the field of health are numerous. In this study, an annual drug sales data of a pharmacy located in Turkey regulated and examined by association analysis. As a result of seasonal analyzes, it is aimed to determine the most commonly sold drugs. The results of the study are affected by many factors such as the location of the pharmacy, proximity to health institutions, time and epidemic. At the end of the study, it will give an idea about the diseases in the region and will give an idea about the drugs needed for pharmacies. In the future studies, it will be useful to evaluate the pharmacy data in different regions with the data at different times and compare the results separately