Audit of prescribing patterns in Saudi primary health care: What lessons can be learned?

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 317-321

  Al Faris, Eiad A ^a   Al Taweel, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Education; Prescribing; Self limiting illness

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LAXATIVE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SALBUTAMOL; SCOPOLAMINE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033371761     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.317     Document Type: Article

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