Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa

The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie studie was om die voorskryfpatrone en medisynekoste van ant...

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Main Authors: Danie Scholtz, Martie S Lubbe, Jan HP Serfontein, Dorcas Rakumakoe, Ronel Smit
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2006-11-01
Series:Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Online Access:https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/230
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spelling doaj-24930682207c416a846df1dd80db1cf72020-11-24T22:59:11ZafrAOSISHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences1025-98482071-97362006-11-0111410.4102/hsag.v11i4.230219Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South AfricaDanie Scholtz0Martie S Lubbe1Jan HP Serfontein2Dorcas Rakumakoe3Ronel Smit4North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie studie was om die voorskryfpatrone en medisynekoste van antiretrovirale (ARV) geneesmiddels in die private gesondheidsorgsektor in Suid-Afrika te ondersoek. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/230
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Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
author_facet Danie Scholtz
Martie S Lubbe
Jan HP Serfontein
Dorcas Rakumakoe
Ronel Smit
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title Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa
title_short Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa
title_full Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa
title_fullStr Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa
title_sort prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of south africa
publisher AOSIS
series Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
issn 1025-9848
2071-9736
publishDate 2006-11-01
description The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie studie was om die voorskryfpatrone en medisynekoste van antiretrovirale (ARV) geneesmiddels in die private gesondheidsorgsektor in Suid-Afrika te ondersoek. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.
url https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/230
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