Is it possible to measure prescribing quality using only prescription data?

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-319

  Andersen, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG INDICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASTHMA; DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33645243602     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2006.pto_411.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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