Doctors attitudes about prescribing and knowledge of the costs of common medications

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-280

  McGuire, C ^a   King, S ^a   Roche Nagle, G ^a   Barry, M C ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Drug prices; Education; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BISOPROLOL FUMARATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOPIDOGREL; DICLOFENAC; DIFENE; GENERIC DRUG; LANSOPRAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PERINDOPRIL; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG PREFERENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; SURGEON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77249104058     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-009-0276-x     Document Type: Article

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