Drug prescribing for children in general practice. A report from the Møre & Romsdal Prescription Study

Drug prescribing for children in general practice. A report from the Møre & Romsdal Prescription Study

To investigate general practitioners' drug prescribing patterns for children (0–12 y), an observational, cross‐sectional study was conducted in Western Norway. Seven thousand, two hundred and twenty‐nine GP‐patient contacts during which 5222 drugs were prescribed, were included for analysis. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta Paediatrica 1998-02, Vol.87 (2), p.218-224
Hauptverfasser: Straand, J, Rokstad, K, Heggedal, U
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Biological and medical sciences
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
children
Confidence Intervals
Cross-Sectional Studies
diagnosis
Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data
Drug Utilization
Female
general practice
Health participants
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical sciences
Norway
Physicians, Family
Practice Patterns, Physicians
prescription
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
respiratory drugs
Sex Factors
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Zusammenfassung:To investigate general practitioners' drug prescribing patterns for children (0–12 y), an observational, cross‐sectional study was conducted in Western Norway. Seven thousand, two hundred and twenty‐nine GP‐patient contacts during which 5222 drugs were prescribed, were included for analysis. The highest prescribing rates were for boys
ISSN:0803-5253
1651-2227
DOI:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb00979.x