Patterns of drug use in the public sector primary health centers of Bhopal district

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-589

  De Costa, Ayesha ^a   Bhartiya, Shekhawat ^b   Eltayb, Amani ^a   Nandeswar, Sunil ^b   Diwan, Vinod K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bhopal district; Drug use indicators; India; Primary healthcare; Public sector; WHO study model

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL DRUG; GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; INDIA; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 52549132752     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-008-9215-6     Document Type: Article

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