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Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh

Objective: This descriptive cross sectional study examined the existing pattern of hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh. Background: The problem of hospital physicians’ drug prescription non-adherence to the Essential Drug List of Bangladesh is...

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Main Authors: Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Jabbar, Md. Abdul, Mazumder, Saroj Kumar
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Published: Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2012
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RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling my.iium.irep.266012015-02-06T03:42:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26601/ Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Jabbar, Md. Abdul Mazumder, Saroj Kumar RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Objective: This descriptive cross sectional study examined the existing pattern of hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh. Background: The problem of hospital physicians’ drug prescription non-adherence to the Essential Drug List of Bangladesh is a considerable issue. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at outpatient departments of multiple health facilities of different levels: primary to tertiary A total of 920 patients were interviewed and their treatment profiles were examined. Results: The most commonly prescribed drugs were paracetamol, chlorpheniramine, vitamin B complex, amoxicillin, antacid, metronidazole, ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole. A notable proportion of prescribed drugs (20.8%) was not in the Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh. Conclusion: Non-adherence to the Essential Drug List reflects that the existing Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh is not comprehensive enough to serve the peoples’ needs and demands at large. Keywords: Physicians, Adherence, Essential Drug List, Bangladesh Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2012-02 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26601/1/2012____2____Hospital_Physicians%27_Prescription_Feb_2012_USA.pdf Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi and Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Jabbar, Md. Abdul and Mazumder, Saroj Kumar (2012) Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh. International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2 (2). pp. 71-75. ISSN 2221-0997 http://www.ijastnet.com/journals/Vol_2_No_2_February_2012/8.pdf
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topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Jabbar, Md. Abdul
Mazumder, Saroj Kumar
Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh
description Objective: This descriptive cross sectional study examined the existing pattern of hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh. Background: The problem of hospital physicians’ drug prescription non-adherence to the Essential Drug List of Bangladesh is a considerable issue. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at outpatient departments of multiple health facilities of different levels: primary to tertiary A total of 920 patients were interviewed and their treatment profiles were examined. Results: The most commonly prescribed drugs were paracetamol, chlorpheniramine, vitamin B complex, amoxicillin, antacid, metronidazole, ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole. A notable proportion of prescribed drugs (20.8%) was not in the Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh. Conclusion: Non-adherence to the Essential Drug List reflects that the existing Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh is not comprehensive enough to serve the peoples’ needs and demands at large. Keywords: Physicians, Adherence, Essential Drug List, Bangladesh
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author Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Jabbar, Md. Abdul
Mazumder, Saroj Kumar
author_facet Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Jabbar, Md. Abdul
Mazumder, Saroj Kumar
author_sort Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
title Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh
title_short Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh
title_full Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of Bangladesh
title_sort hospital physicians’ drugs prescription adherence to the essential drugs list of bangladesh
publisher Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/26601/1/2012____2____Hospital_Physicians%27_Prescription_Feb_2012_USA.pdf
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