General Practitioners’ Prescribing Patterns at Primary Healthcare Centers in National Health Insurance, Gezira, Sudan

General Practitioners’ Prescribing Patterns at Primary Healthcare Centers in National Health Insurance, Gezira, Sudan

BACKGROUND The appropriate use of medicines is essential for the provision of quality health services, patient safety, and the rational use of health resources. In Sudan, general practitioners (GPs) provide 80 % of insured patients' health services. Pharmaceutical service costs have been increasing since 2010. OBJECTIVES We aimed to use the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Ne...

Evaluation of drug prescribing patterns among Yazd dentists’ practitioners

Background and Aims: Dental prescription provides a basis for treatment of clinical problems such as pain and infection, therefore dentists must be familiar with the logical patterns of prescribing drug. The purpose of this study was to determine the prescribing patterns of drug among Yazd dentists. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 500 prescriptions of dentists ...

A path to full-service contracting with general practitioners under National Health Insurance.

The retention of health human resources in primary healthcare centers in Lebanon: a national survey

BACKGROUND Critical shortages of health human resources (HHR), associated with high turnover rates, have been a concern in many countries around the globe. Of particular interest is the effect of such a trend on the primary healthcare (PHC) sector; considered a cornerstone in any effective healthcare system. This study is a rare attempt to investigate PHC HHR work characteristics, level of burn...

Post-Graduate Course for National Health Insurance Practitioners

AT the rT(euICSt Of tlle Ministry of Labour (N. l.), a post-graduate course in medicine aind surgery for National Healthi Insurance P'ractitioners was held in conjunction wNith the clinical staffs of the Royal Victoria andi Mater Iinfirmorum Hospitals, lIelfast, and( with the pre-clinical Miedical School of Queen's University, itn Septemiber, 19:83. So successful was this course that the Minist...