Prescription pattern at a secondary health care facility in Ilorin, Nigeria
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Prescription pattern at a secondary health care facility in Ilorin, Nigeria.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Expenditures due to irrational use of drugs have been a strain on the meagre health budgets of several developing countries and inappropriate prescribing has been identified in many health facilities in developing countries. This study examines the prescription pattern in a secondary health facility. METHOD A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used in this study. Thr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of African Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1596-3519
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55699