Determinants of the range of drugs prescribed in general practice: A cross-sectional analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  De Bakker, Dinny H ^a   Coffie, Dayline S V ^a   Heerdink, Eibert R ^b   Van Dijk, Liset ^a   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORMULARIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35748946954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-132     Document Type: Article

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