Antimalarial prescribing and dispensing practices in health centres of Khartoum state, 2003-04

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-128

  Mannan, A A ^a   Malik, E M ^a   Ali, K M ^b  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; GENERIC DRUG; QUININE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EGYPT; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUDAN;

ANTIMALARIALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SUDAN;

EID: 67649879010     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.122     Document Type: Article

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