Physicians' medication prescribing in primary care in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. Literature review, part1: variations in drug prescribing
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2011; 17 (2): 126-131
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-158620
ABSTRACT
Rational prescribing is associated with improved safety in drug use, better quality of life for patients and cost-effective care. Medication prescribing is a relatively unexplored area of research in Saudi Arabia and until now most studies have been in the secondary and tertiary health care system. This paper is the first of 3 review articles that form the background for a series of 5 interconnected studies of prescribing patterns and medication errors in the public and private primary health care sectors of Saudi Arabia. A MEDLINE search was conducted to identify papers published in peer-reviewed journals over the previous 3 decades. The paper reviews variations in prescribing patterns and influences on physicians' prescribing behaviour worldwide and in Saudi Arabia
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Teaching
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Practice Patterns, Physicians'
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Physicians, Primary Care
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Medication Errors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2011
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