Effect of standard treatment guidelines with or without prescription audit on prescribing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARI) and diarrhoea in some Thana Health Complexes (THCs) of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-30

  Azad Chowdhury, A K ^a   Khan, O F ^a   Matin, M A ^a   Begum, K ^b,c   Galib, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^c Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PARACETAMOL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37849019613     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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