Morbidity profile and prescribing patterns among outpatients in a teaching hospital in Western Nepal

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-132

  Lamichhane, D C ^b   Giri, B R ^b   Pathak, O K ^b   Panta, O B ^b   Shankar, P Ravi ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drug use review; Drug utilization; Morbidity patterns; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; ESSENTIAL DRUG; GENERIC DRUG; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33750946769     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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