Purpose: Drug use prescribing indicators advocated by the World Health Organization
(WHO) are important tools for assessing the degree of polypharmacy, use of generic …

Background: Irrational prescription being a global problem leading to ineffective, unsafe
treatment. Aiming to measure the performance of a health-care provider in key dimension …

Aims: To determine drug prescribing behavior of postgraduate residents. Settings and
Design: Retrospective historical data-based cross-sectional study in a tertiary care …

Background: To promote rational drug use in patients of rural areas, it is important to assess
drug use pattern using the WHO prescription indicators. The aim of this study was to assess …

Background: Drug utilization studies (DUS) are used as potential tool in the evaluation of
healthcare system. DUS are conducted to facilitate the rational use of drugs in populations …

Aim: World Health Organization (WHO) core prescribing indicators are highly standardized
tools in reliably assessing the essential aspects of drug utilization pattern. It is critical that the …

The study of prescriptions using prescribing indicators enables us to detect some common
problems of prescribing and to focus subsequent efforts to correct them. This study was …

Objective: Drug utilization studies provide information regarding the drug usage pattern in
hospital settings, which can be used to promote cost-efficient uses of drugs. The present …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the drug use pattern using World Health
Organization (WHO) prescribing, patient care and health facility indicators at Secondary …

Introduction: Assessment of drug use pattern using the World Health Organization (WHO)
drug use indicators is a vital step to promote rational drug usage. The objective of the study …