Prescribers' perspectives of the socioeconomic status and important indicators affecting prescribing behavior in a developing country

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Shawahna, Ramzi ^a,b,c   Nisar Ur Rahman, ^a,d   Ahmad, Mahmood ^a   Debray, Marcel ^c   Declèves, Xavier ^e   Yliperttula, Marjo ^b   Blom, Marja ^b  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Consensus; Delphi technique; Prescribing; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84860735881     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-011-0123-0     Document Type: Review

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