Effect of adopting integrated management of childhood illness guidelines on drug use at a primary health care center: A case study from Egypt

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 118-123

  El Mahalli, Azza ^a,b   Akl, Ola ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

IMCI; improving drug use; prescribing indicators; technical quality of treatment regimen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870416500     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.90010     Document Type: Article

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