Determinants of prescribing costs amongst single-handed general practitioners

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 433-435

  Gill, P S ^a   Roalfe, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Prescribing cost variation

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DRUG COSTS; DRUGS, GENERIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035723959     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2710.2001.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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