Medication prescribing pattern in primary care in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
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[Medication prescribing pattern in primary care in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia]
Physicians' prescribing behaviour is closely linked with patient safety and this area is poorly researched in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this study was to analyse physicians' prescribing patterns and the adequacy of noted information in the primary health care sector in Riyadh city. All medication prescriptions from 5 public (n = 1182) and 5 private (n = 1200) health centres were collected ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.2.149