Prescription patterns of Chinese herbal products for patients with fractures in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-19

  Liao, Hou Hsun ^a,d   Yeh, Chia Chou ^c,d   Lin, Che Chen ^b   Chen, Bor Chyuan ^d   Yeh, Ming Hsien ^a,d   Chang, Kuo Ming ^b   Sun, Mao Feng ^a,b   Yen, Hung Rong ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Fracture; National health insurance research database; Rhizoma Drynariae; Shu jing huo xue tang; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRACTURES, BONE; PHYTOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937877855     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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