Drug prescribing pattern at the medical outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in southwestern Nigeria

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1244-1249

  Enwere, O Okezie ^a   Falade, Catherine O ^a   Salako, Babatunde L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Drug use indicators; Medical outpatient; Rational drug use; Southwestern Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; HORMONE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TOPICAL AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DRUG COST; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36249011891     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1475     Document Type: Article

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