Diurnal variation of prescribing pattern of primary care doctors in Bahrain

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Damanhori, Awatif H H ^a   Al Khaja, Khalid A J ^b   Sequeira, Reginald P ^b   Al Ansari, Thuraya M ^a  

^a Primary Care   (Bahrain)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Family doctors; General practitioners; Morning and evening clinics; Prescribing pattern; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BROMHEXINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DICLOFENAC; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; MULTIVITAMIN; PARACETAMOL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE PLUS TRIPROLIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846935004     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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