Evaluating Australia's National Medicines Policy using geographical mapping

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 66-71

  Roughead, E E ^a   Monteith, G R ^a   Harvey, K J ^a   Tett, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; National Medicinal Drug Policy; Rational drug use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0036378410     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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