نتایج جستجو برای: who core drug use indicators

تعداد نتایج: 3038450  

2014
Admassu Assen

Drug use evaluation is a system of ongoing, systematic, criteria-based drug evaluation that ensures the appropriate use of drugs. The main objective of this study was to assess the drug prescribing patterns at Dessie Referral Hospital using some of the WHO core drug use indicators. Institutional based descriptive cross sectional study was conducted from April 28 to May 10, 2013 by reviewing 362...

2007
KAMARUZAMAN SALEH MOHAMED IZHAM MOHAMED IBRAHIM Kamaruzaman Saleh Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim

Irrational drug use is a serious health problem and causes various consequences: medical, economic and social impacts. No study in Malaysia has been conducted extensively using World Health Organization (WHO) indicators to evaluate the rational drug use status in this country. The general aim of this study is to explore the country’s pharmaceutical situations with regard to the implementation o...

Background and Aim:  Drug prescription is an important part of pharmacotherapy; therefore, inattention to the principle of drug prescription can cause problems such as incorrect treatment, unsuccessful or incomplete, and force higher cost to patients and society. While prescribing and rational use of drugs can prevent the loss of national capital and community health promotion through imp...

2016
Nwani Paul Osemeke Onwukwe Chikezie Hart Nwosu Maduaburochukwu Cosmas Isah Ambrose Ohumagho

OBJECTIVES To assess the medications prescribed for elderly inpatients on specific days during hospital admission with a view to detecting areas of irrational prescription. METHODS It was a prospective study of all patients aged 65 years and above admitted to the medical wards of a Nigerian tertiary hospital over a 12-month period. The World Health Organization/International Network of Ration...

2016
Susan I. Woodruff Cameron T. McCabe Melinda Hohman John D. Clapp Audrey M. Shillington Kimberly Eisenberg C. Beth Sise Edward M. Castillo Theodore C. Chan Michael J. Sise

Emergency department (ED) settings have gained interest as venues for illegal drug misuse prevention and intervention, with researchers and practitioners attempting to capitalize on the intersection of need and opportunity within these settings. This study of 686 adult patients visiting two EDs for various reasons who admitted drug use compared daily cannabis-only users, nondaily cannabis-only ...

Dabhade, Sangeeta Sanjay , Deshmukh, Adit Atul , Ghongane, Balasaheb Baburao ,

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE: Drug utilization research evaluates the appropriateness of the prescriptions which is important in clinical practice. Psychotropic polypharmacy is a major problem in psychiatric practice, which can lead to the development of adverse effects of those drugs in patients. Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate the utilization of psychotropic drugs being prescribed f...

2013
Anteneh Assefa Desalegn

BACKGROUND To promote rational drug use in developing countries, it is important to assess drug use pattern using the World Health Organization (WHO) drug use indicators. The aim of this study was to assess the drug prescription patterns at the Medical Outpatient Pharmacy of Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, using some of the WHO core drug use indicators. METHODS A descriptiv...

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