Inappropriate use of placebo

Inappropriate use of casualty departments.

Sir, A survey of 100 attenders was undertaken at a north London casualty department which was experiencing problems owing to increasing numbers of attenders. Nineteen per cent of the patients had no knowledge of their doctor's surgery hours and 32% had no understanding of the emergency cover provided by the practice. Fifty per cent of the patients had made no prior attempt to contact their gene...

Complex determinants of inappropriate use of antibiotics

Complex determinants of inappropriate use of antibiotics Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Sunicha Chanvatik & Angkana Sommanustweechai a International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand. Correspondence to Viroj Tangcharoensathien (email: [email protected]) (Submitted: 30 June 2017 – Revised version received: 22 October 2017 – Accepted: 14 November 2017 – ...

The inappropriate use of carotid endarterectomy.

Inappropriate use of seasonal dummies in regression *

The underlying assumption for using seasonal dummies in a regression is that the seasonality of the dependent variable is deterministic. Many economic variables show a regular seasonal pattern, with peaks occuring in the same season year after year. Such a regular seasonal pattern can also be a result of an integrated stochastic process. This paper examines some consequences of deterministic mo...

Inappropriate Medication Use in The Elderly of Amir Kola and Related Factors

Background: Due to the inappropriate drug use by the elderly leading to adverse drug reactions and side effects, this study aimed to determine the rate of inappropriate medication use among the elderly of Amirkola city using the Beers criteria. Methods: This descriptive and analytical study is part of a comprehensive study of "AHAP Elderly Health Status Study" (No. 892917) which was performed ...