Prescription Patterns of General Practitioners in Peshawar, Pakistan
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Prescription Patterns of General Practitioners in Peshawar, Pakistan
OBJECTIVES To find out prescription patterns of general practitioners in Peshawar. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of drug prescriptions was done at six major hospitals and pharmacies of Peshawar between April and May 2011. A total of 1097 prescriptions that included 3640 drugs, were analyzed to assess completeness, average number of drugs, prescription frequency of various drug classes, and n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 1969
ISSN: 1681-715X
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.303.4931