Drug prescribing indicators in village health clinics across 10 provinces of Western China

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Dong, Lifang ^a,b   Yan, Hong ^b   Wang, Duolao ^c  

^a Department of AIDS Control and Prevention   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug prescribing; Pharmacoepidemiology; Rural China; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL DRUG; GENERIC DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG FORMULARY; HUMAN; INJECTION; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79251501673     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq077     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Edwards IR, Aronson JK. Adverse drug reactions: definitions, diagnosis, and management. Lancet 2000; 356: 1255-9.
2. Ess SM, Schneeweiss S, Szucs TD. European healthcare policies for controlling drug expenditure. Pharmacoeconomics 2003; 21: 89-103.
3. Hu S, Chen W, Cheng X et al. Pharmaceutical cost-containment policy: experiences in Shanghai, China. Health Policy Plan 2001; 16 (suppl 2): 4-9.
4. Ye K, Wu Y. Rational drug utilization for commonly clinical cases. China Food Drug Admin 2007; 2: 53-5.
5. Dong L, Yan H, Wang D. Antibiotic prescribing patterns in village health clinics across 10 provinces of Western China. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 62: 410-5.
6. Batty GM, Grant RL, Aggarwal R et al. Using prescribing indicators to measure the quality of prescribing to elderly medical inpatients. Age Ageing 2003; 32: 292-8.
7. Zhang Y, Zhi M. Index system, appraising method for comprehensive appraisal. J North Jiaotong Univ 1995; 19: 393-400.
8. Joncheere KD. Implementation of rational pharmacotherapy. In: Perspectives and Achievements with Rational Pharmacotherapy, 2002. Copenhagen, Denmark: WHO/EURO.
9. Melander A. Variation in drug utilisation in the EU: causes and consequences as illustrated by antibiotics. In: Perspectives and Achivements with Rational Pharmacotherapy, 2002. Copenhagen, Denmark: WHO/EURO.
10. Karen E, Li L, Meng Q, Magnus L, Adam W. Health service delivery in China: a literature review. Health Econ 2008; 17: 149-65.
11. Santos V, Nitrini SM. Prescription and patient-care indicators in healthcare services. Rev Saude Publica 2004; 38: 819-26.
12. Vos J, Gumodoka B, van Asten HA et al. Improved injection practices after the introduction of treatment and sterility guidelines in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health 1998; 3: 291-6.
13. Ernest SK. Injection safety: knowledge and practice among health workers. West Afr J Med 2002; 21: 70-3.
14. Magee JT, Pritchard EL, Fitzgerald KA, Dunstan FD, Howard AJ. Antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance in community practice: retrospective study, 1996-8. BMJ 1999; 319: 1239-40.
15. Bjerrum L, Cots JM, Llor C, Molist N, Munck A. Effect of intervention promoting a reduction in antibiotic prescribing by improvement of diagnostic procedures: a prospective, before and after study in general practice. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2006; 62: 913-8.
16. le Grand A, Hogerzeil HV, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM. Intervention research in rational use of drugs: a review. Health Policy Plan 1999; 14: 89-102.