The use of prescribed drugs for common chronic conditions in South Africa in 1998

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-100

  Steyn, Krisela ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Norman, Rosana ^a   Bradley, Hazel ^b   Laubscher, Ria ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Drug utilisation; Hypertension; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDRAZIDE; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLDOPA; NITRATE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; RESERPINE; STEROID; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONYLUREA; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THIOUREA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; XANTHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 13844256564     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1056     Document Type: Article

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