Assessment of rational drug use and prescribing in primary health care facilities in North West Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 758-763

  Desta, Z ^a,b   Abula, T ^a   Beyene, L ^a   Fantahun, M ^a   Yohannes, A G ^a   Ayalew, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG; GENERIC DRUG;

DRUG PRESCRIBING; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE PROVISION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MANPOWER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTRIBUTIONAL ACTIVITIES; DRUGS; EASTERN AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PRESCRIPTIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL HEALTH CENTERS; SERVICE STATISTICS; TREATMENT;

DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ETHIOPIA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0031398511     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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