Objective: To analyze the patterns of prescriptions and drug dispensing using World Health
Organization core drug use indicators and some additional indices. Methods: Data were …

Objectives: To study the prescription pattern at the different levels of public health facilities of
Lucknow district and to assess the average cost of drugs prescribed. Methods: Multi-stage …

Background Rational prescribing is a primary step to ensure rational drug use. Often, half of
the medicines are prescribed irrationally and half of these are even used incorrectly as the …

Objectives To analyze the prescriptions of out-patients for rational prescribing and
dispensing and to evaluate the patient's knowledge regarding use of drugs, using INRUD …

Introduction: Epidemiology of skin diseases has been studied and evaluated occasionally. In
view of high incidence of skin diseases and economic burden that it poses, there is a need …

Background Recent studies on prescribing among outpatients in hospitals in Western Nepal
are lacking. The main objectives of the study were to obtain information on the morbidity …

Background Currently a large number of atypical antipsychotics available in the market are
endorsed as better option for treating schizophrenia than the typical antipsychotics …

Introduction Skin diseases are the major contributors of disease burden in society. It affects
individuals of all ages, neonates to elderly. Owing to its chronic nature, it causes serious …

Objectives Information on the utilization patterns of drugs in the orthopaedics outpatient
department (OPD) are lacking in hospitals in western Nepal. The present study was carried …

Prescribing practices of doctors in different clinical settings have been documented but there
is a dearth of information on prescribing practices with regards to children especially the …