National Prescribing Service: Creating an implementation arm for national medicines policy

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-116

  Weekes, Lynn M ^a,b   Mackson, J M ^a   Fitzgerald, M ^a   Phillips, S R ^a  

^a National Prescribing Service   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medicines policy; Rational drug use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL PRESCRIBING SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATIONAL DRUG USE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 11144250180     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2005.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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