Correspondence between general practitionerreported medication use and timing of prescription dispensation

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-18

  Johannesdottir, Sigrun Alba ^a   Mægbæk, Merete Lund ^a   Hansen, Jens Georg ^a   Lash, Timothy L ^a   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Ehrenstein, Vera ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drug prescriptions; Pharmacoepidemiology; Predictive value; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84856796221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S26958     Document Type: Article

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