The prescribing pattern of hospital doctors

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 496-500

  Yap, K B ^a   Chan, K M ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Ambulatory care; Drug utilisation; Prescriptions; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032195498     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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