Drug prescription habits in public and private health facilities in 2 provinces in South Africa

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Mohlala, G ^a   Peltzer, K ^a,b   Phaswana Mafuya, N ^a,c   Ramlagan, S ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL DRUG; GENERIC DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INJECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; DRUGS, GENERIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77749270471     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.3.324     Document Type: Article

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