Factors influencing physicians' prescribing behavior associated with prescribing poly-pharmacy antidepressant drugs

Prescribing habits of Peruvian physicians and factors influencing them.

A survey conducted between September 1991 and August 1992 approached 800 physicians in two marginal areas of the cities of Lima and Chimbote, Peru. Among other things, the survey sought data about information sources influencing the drug prescription practices of Peruvian physicians, about how these practices were modified by experience, and about the rationality of drug treatments prescribed f...

FACTORS INFLUENCING PHYSICIANS’ WILLINGNESS TO SUBSTITUTE GENERICS FOR BRAND-NAMES WHEN PRESCRIBING ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS by

Main Factors Affecting Physicians’ Prescribing Decisions: The Iranian Experience

Prescription decision making is a complicated phenomenon influenced by many factors including drug strength, the patient’s context, prescriber characteristics, health facilities, payment type and pharmaceutical marketing. To evaluate the associations between each influenced factor and drug prescription method of Iranian physicians, we conducted an exploratory research, utilizing a questionnaire...

Main Factors Affecting Physicians’ Prescribing Decisions: The Iranian Experience

Prescription decision making is a complicated phenomenon influenced by many factors including drug strength, the patient’s context, prescriber characteristics, health facilities, payment type and pharmaceutical marketing. To evaluate the associations between each influenced factor and drug prescription method of Iranian physicians, we conducted an exploratory research, utilizing a questionnaire...

Factors influencing effective independent nurse prescribing.

AIM To identify some of the factors influencing effective independent nurse prescribing within a surgical high-dependency unit. METHOD An audit methodology was used to record the personal prescribing practice of a critical care nurse following the completion of a course in independent and supplementary prescribing. RESULTS The main factors influencing effective independent nurse prescribing...