Using aggregate data on dispensed drugs to evaluate the quality of prescribing in urban primary health care in Sweden

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-461

  Wettermark, B ^a,b   Bergman, Ulf ^b   Krakau, I ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Prescribing indicators; Primary health care; Quality of prescribing; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

DRUG; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646477557     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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