Antimicrobial prescribing trends in primary care: Implications for health policy in Bahrain

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-396

  Al Khaja, Khalid A J ^a   Sequeira, Reginald P ^a   Damanhori, Awatif H H ^b   Ismaeel, Abdulrahman Y ^a   Handu, Shailendra S ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b Primary Care   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Health policy; Middle East; Prescriptions; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLIOQUINOL PLUS FLUMETASONE PIVALATE; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CROTAMITON; DIFLUCORTOLONE VALERATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOCONAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PARACETAMOL; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SOFRADEX; SULFACETAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EAR INFECTION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREND STUDY; VULVOVAGINITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42149085705     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1572     Document Type: Article

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