Objective To describe and examine the role of the pharmaceutical industry in the teaching of
psychopharmacology to residents and medical students and to make recommendations for …

Background Rational medicines use (RMU) is the prescribing/dispensing of good quality
medicines to meet individual patient's clinical needs. Policy-makers, managers and frontline …

Background Psychotropic drugs are commonly utilised among the elderly. This study aimed
to analyse whether two socioeconomic determinants-income and marital status-are …

Background Knowledge about the prices of medicines used in hospitals, particularly the
actually achieved ones, is scant. There are indications of large discounts and the provision …

Executive summary This section summarises the findings by making recommendations and
suggesting potential indicators that describe high-quality prescribing. It sets out the …

Background The adoption of new medicines is influenced by a complex set of social
processes that have been widely examined in terms of individual prescribers' information …

Methods An anonymous questionnaire was circulated to 1,000 Libyan doctors in selected
public and private practice settings in Tripoli, Benghazi and Sebha. Results The major …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify the factors that influence prescribing of
new drugs among general practitioners, endocrinologists and psychiatrists. METHODS: Four …

An important element of the process by which new drugs achieve widespread use is their
adoption by GPs. In this paper, we explore the factors that shape the timing of the first …

Rationale and objectives It is difficult to keep control over prescribing behaviour in general
practice. The purpose of this study was to assess the initial effects of a behaviour …