Drug use evaluation of antibiotics prescribed in a Jordanian hospital outpatient and emergency clinics using WHO prescribing indicators

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 743-748

  Al Niemat, Sahar I ^a   Bloukh, Diana T ^a   Al Harasis, Manal D ^a   Al Fanek, Alen F ^a   Salah, Rehab K ^a  

^a The Jordan Armed Forces   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN DERIVATIVE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN DERIVATIVE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; JORDAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; JORDAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 50949084643     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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