BETA BLOCKERS USAGE IN CROATIA DURING SEVENTEEN-YEAR PERIOD

[Epidemiological characteristics of bladder tumors in the Cuenca area throughout a seventeen-year period].

OBJECTIVE Bladder cancer is such an important health problem and accounts for most of the surgical duty in the urology departments. We achieve to draw the features of patients diagnosed with bladder tumors in the Cuenca area throughout a seventeen-year period. MATERIAL AND METHOD From January 1985 to December 2002 we recorded in the Cuenca area the entire urologic tumor recently diagnosed. Th...

Beta-blockers.

Dynamic in prescribing antipsychotic drugs during five year period (2001-2005) in the Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce, Zagreb, Croatia.

Aim of this study was to determine changes in prescribing antipsychotics during 5 year period in Psychiatric Hospital VrapEe. Data about type of antipsychotic medication, ward and gender were collected for all patients receiving antipsychotics on 1st of October. During 5 year period decrease in prescribing classical antipsychotics was observed while prescribing of atypical antipsychotics has sh...

Distribution and trends in outpatient utilization of generic versus brand name psychopharmaceuticals during a ten-year period in Croatia

BACKGROUND Drug costs increasingly pose a burden upon the otherwise inadequate health care resources and rational drug utilization is an important segment of every national health policy. Optimal patient care should be the goal of rational pharmacotherapy, whereby the economic burden of treatment is just one of the elements to be considered on choosing appropriate therapy.The aim of this study ...

The frequency of superficial mycoses according to agents isolated during a ten-year period (1999-2008) in Zagreb area, Croatia.

Fungal infections involving the skin, hair and nails represent one of the most common mucocutaneous infections. Significant changes in the epidemiology, etiology and clinical pattern of mycotic infections have been observed during the last years. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the incidence and the etiologic factors of superficial fungal infections in Zagreb area, Croatia,...