Determinants of physicians' medication prescribing behaviour in primary care in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia;Mode de prescription de médicaments en soins de santé primaires à Riyad (Arabie saoudite)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Magzoub, M A ^a   Neyaz, Y ^b   Khoja, T ^c   Qureshi, N A ^d   Haycox, A ^d   Walley, T ^d  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Ministry of Health ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF REPORT; TEAMWORK;

EID: 79952153691     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.2.160     Document Type: Article

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