Auditing of prescriptions in a government teaching hospital and four retail medical stores in Pondicherry

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 408-410

  Shewade, Deepak G ^a   Pradhan, Suresh C ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Prescription audit; Teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INDIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032433376     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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