Drug prescribing in hospital as experienced by general practitioners: East versus West Germany

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Himmel, Wolfgang ^a   Kron, Martina ^b   Hepe, Susanne ^a   Kochen, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug prescribing; Family practice; Health system; Interprofessional relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029998199     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.3.247     Document Type: Article

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