An economic assessment of the extent of medication use and wastage among families in Saudi Arabia and Arabian Gulf countries

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1276-1292

  Abou Auda, Hisham S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drug consumption; Gulf States; Kuwait; Oman; Out of pocket expenditures; Pharmacoeconomics; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Wastage

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTICLE; ASIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0038637958     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(03)80083-8     Document Type: Article

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