Availability, affordability, and prescribing pattern of medicines in Sudan

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Cheraghali, Abdol Majid ^a   Idries, Amjad Mohammed ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Affordability; Availability; Medicines; Rational use; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SUDAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG COSTS; DRUG STORAGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SUDAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 63049113945     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-009-9282-3     Document Type: Article

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