Improving Injectable Medicines Prescription in Outpatient Services: A Path Towards Rational Use of Medicines in Iran

Injection is one of the most common medical procedures in the health sector. Annually up to 16 billion injections are prescribed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), many of them are not necessary for the patients, increase the healthcare costs and may result in side effects. Currently over...

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Main Authors: Firoozeh Bairami, Fatemeh Soleymani, Arash Rashidian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2016-05-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3174_25fa5d92e7e1650385fb8346331e6e4f.html