Analysis of paediatric prescribing profiles in two health-funding systems

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 672-674

  Rothberg, Alan D ^a   Walters, L ^b   Van Schoor, J ^b   Green, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASTHMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030163804     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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