Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Pharmacoeconomics"
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An analysis of the usage of antibiotics in the private health care sector : a managed health care approach
(North-West University, 2004)The most frequent intervention performed by physicians is the writing of a prescription. Modern medicine has been remarkably effective in managing diseases. Medicines play a fundamental role in the effectiveness, efficiency ... -
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 ... -
Aspects of the usage of antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents in a section of the private health care sector
(North-West University, 2008)Cancer is a broad term used to describe more than 100 diseases that can affect any part of the body. Cancer is the uncontrollable division of abnormal cells in the human body, which can invade nearby tissue and spread ... -
A cost minimisation analysis of the usage of central nervous system medicines by using a managed care medicine price list
(North-West University, 2004)Increasing health care costs is an international problem from which South Africa is not excluded. Prescription medication contributes most to these high health care costs, and methods to reduce their costs to society are ... -
A longitudinal analysis of the prescribing patterns of anti–epileptic medicine by using a medicine claims database
(North-West University, 2010)The prevalence of epilepsy in society is general knowledge; however the impact on social activity as well as other daily factors are not always fully recognised. Epilepsy frequently poses a problem with regard to ... -
Overview of antidepressant usage and cost 2004 until 2006
(North-West University, 2007)Depression has an increasingly significant economic impact and quality of life burden on patients, employers and third party payers worldwide (Hylan et a/., 1998:53). Current projections indicate that the global burden of ... -
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 ... -
Prescribing patterns of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for the period 2001 until 2006
(North-West University, 2007)ACE inhibitors alone normalize blood pressure in approximately 50% of patients with mild- to- moderate hypertension, and many consider ACE inhibitors as first-line drugs for the treatment of high blood pressure (Jackson & ... -
Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa : a drug utilisation review
(North-West University, 2005)HIV/AIDS is already the leading cause of death worldwide (Unicef et al., 2004:10) with more than 5 million people out of a total of 46 million South Africans that were HIV positive in 2004, giving a total population ... -
Prescribing patterns of biologic immunomodulating medicine in the South African private health care sector
(North-West University, 2010)Advances in molecular immunology and rapid technical evolution during the past two decades have led to a new class of medicines called biologics. Recently, a large number of biologics, or biologic immunomodulators, directed ...
