Prescription pattern at a secondary health care facility in Ilorin, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 186-189

  Akande, T M ^a   Ologe, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Drug prescription; Health facility; Pattern

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPYRONE; DIURETIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; IBUPROFEN; NIMESULIDE; PARACETAMOL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; SULFADOXINE; TETRACYCLINE; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POLICY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUGS, GENERIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43549123065     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55699     Document Type: Article

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