Drug utilization in primary healthcare centres in the Gaza Strip
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Drug utilization in primary healthcare centres in the Gaza Strip.
This study was carried out to analyse drug-prescribing practices in primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in the Gaza Strip. We retrospectively evaluated 2569 prescriptions from 22 PHCs during January-December 2014. Systematic random sampling was applied. Analysis followed the World Health Organization recommended core prescribing indicators. The mean number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 2 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/2017.23.10.649