Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Drug utilisation"
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Aspects of drug usage in a private primary health care setting : a pharmacoeconomic approach
(North-West University, 2004)In South Africa, significant changes in health care have taken place since the first democratic elections in 1994. The change had lead to a position of integrated service delivery with specific reference to primary health ... -
Clozapine usage in a public sector psychiatric hospital in the Nelson Mandela Metropole
(2013)About 30.00% of schizophrenic patients fail to respond to conventional antipsychotics. Clozapine shows superior efficacy, for both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, over conventional antipsychotics. The ... -
Overview of the prescribing patterns of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs : 2004-2006
(North-West University, 2008)Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used for systemic control of acute and chronic pain and inflammation (Lin et ah, 2000:1129), but usage problems and side-effects that occur during the post-marketing ... -
A retrospective drug utilisation study of antimicrobials in a private primary health care group
(North-West University, 2005)The commonest prescribed group of drugs is antimicrobials. Various studies have shown that they are overused globally. Since Primary health care represents the first tier of the health care system, evaluation of antimicrobial ...