BACKGROUND Acceptance of generic medicines by patients is an essential factor given that they are the end users of these medicines. In fact, adequate knowledge and positive perceptions are prerequisite to patients' acceptance and use of generic medicines. OBJECTIVE To assess the current belief and views of patients about generic medicines in Malaysia. METHOD This was a self-administered que...

OBJECTIVE To determine for how long after a first unprovoked seizure a driver must be seizure-free before the risk of recurrence in the next 12 months falls below 20%, enabling them to regain their driving licence. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial: Multicentre study of early Epilepsy and Single Seizures (MESS). SETTING UK hospital outpatient clinics from 1 January 1993 to 31 December 2000...

BACKGROUND/AIM To be fully effective, the prevention of injury in sport and promotion of athlete's health needs to be both targeted and underpinned by scientific evidence. This study aimed to identify the research priorities of International Sporting Federation (ISFs) compared to the current research focus of the International Olympic Committee Research Centres (IOC-RCs). METHODS Online surve...

OBJECTIVE To examine and evaluate models that use inpatient encounter data and outpatient pharmacy claims data to predict future health care expenditures. DATA SOURCES/STUDY DESIGN The study group was the privately insured under-65 population in the 1997 and 1998 MEDSTAT Market Scan (R) Research Database. Pharmacy and disease profiles, created from pharmacy claims and inpatient encounter data...

Experience over two years with 376 hypertensive patients managed at a clinic where the primary observations are made by a trained nurse, clinical information is held on a microprocessor, and treatment follows a standard stepped care approach has been assessed. Blood pressure control after both one and two years was appreciably improved, with over 70% of patients having diastolic pressure below ...

introduction. according to shift of medical education from inpatient to outpatient centers in recent years ,the aim of this study is to determine the attitude of interns about outpatient education in all clinical departments in medical school. methods. 429 interns were entered this study . a questionnaire composed of questions on the quality of outpatient education, time of the learning in the ...

A total of 385 urine specimens from suspected urinary tract infections were subjected to bacteriological analysis and susceptibility testing at a major university hospital laboratory in Tehran. A battery of eight beta-Iactam antibiotics, commonly prescribed in Iran, and three third-generation cephalosporins (ceftazidime, ceftriaxone and ceftizoxime) that are usually reserved for limited us...

Radiology and radiation oncology accidents involving radiation overexposure have caused increased scrutiny by the media, lawyers, our patients, and most recently the US Food and Drug Administration. We should add a new pillar for the ACR called "patient-focused radiology." We have reached new heights of quality in imaging, but at the same time, we have dramatically increased the radiation dose ...

PURPOSE To report the results from a nationwide survey on glaucoma management in Sweden, performed as a part of an Open Angle Glaucoma project conducted by the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment 2004-2008. METHODS In 2005, a survey was distributed to all providers of glaucoma care in Sweden: public eye departments, public outpatient departments and private practices. The question...

OBJECTIVE Breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast exam (CBE), mammography and ultrasound imaging (UI) are screening methods used for early diagnosis of breast cancer (BC). The purpose of this study is to put forth the utilization frequency of these screening methods among women presenting to the gynecology outpatient clinics and the relation of these data with the socio-demographic chara...