Prescription Pattern and Its Influencing Factors in Chinese County Hospitals: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Heng ^a,b   Li, NianNian ^b   Zhu, Haidi ^a   Xu, Shuman ^b   Lu, Hua ^b   Feng, ZhanChun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL DRUG; GENERIC DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIALIZATION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877628169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063225     Document Type: Article

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