Prescription practices of public and private health care providers in Attock District of Pakistan

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-40

  Siddiqi, S ^a   Hamid, S ^b   Rafique, G ^b   Chaudhry, S A ^b   Ali, N ^b   Shahab, S ^b   Sauerborn, R ^c  

^a Social Action Programme   (Pakistan)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drugs; Irrational prescribing; Prescription practice

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; STEROID; VITAMIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAKISTAN; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0036241621     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.650     Document Type: Article

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