A 1-Day Survey of Drug Prescribing Patterns in the District General Hospital of the Wassa West District of Ghana

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 222-226

  Bosu, W K ^a   Ofori Adjei, D ^b  

^a Regional Health Administration Cape Coast   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG; GENERIC DRUG; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PETHIDINE;

ABSCESS; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030833352     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559702700412     Document Type: Editorial

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