Factors influencing rational drug use in primary health care centres in Qassim region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 126-135

  James, Emmanuel ^a   Assawaf, Khalid ^b   Zarie, Annas H ^c   Omer, M I A ^d  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital Buraidah   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Health Affairs ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

INRUD indicators Prescribing indicators Patient care indicators Health facility indicators; Primary health care centers; Rational drug use

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERROUS SULFATE; GENERIC DRUG; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NAPHAZOLINE; NAPHAZOLINE PLUS CHLORPHENIRAMINE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE PLUS TRIPROLIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; SALBUTAMOL; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SYRUP; TABLET;

EID: 0042630969     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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