Regulation of prescription and dispensing of antibiotics has a twin purpose: to enhance
access to antibiotic treatment and to reduce inappropriate use of drugs. Nev& ertheless …

Objective To compare and contrast the prescribing behaviour of non-dispensing doctors with
that of dispensing doctors and to identify any fundamental differences in the use of specific …

Background Most patients obtain medications from pharmacies by prescription, but rural
general practices can dispense medications. Clinical implications of this difference in drug …

Background: In response to health workforce shortages policymakers have considered
expanding the roles that a health professional may perform. A more traditional combination …

We model demand for different classes of antibiotics used for respiratory infections in
outpatient care using a linear approximate almost ideal demand system approach. We …

General practice prescribing costs have risen rapidly in recent years, and there are wide
variations between practices in rates and costs of prescribing. Setting general practice …

This report provides an analysis of expenditure on pharmaceuticals at the Alexandra Health
Centre and University Clinic (AHC), South Africa. Drug costs increased at a rate higher than …

[한글] 우리나라의 의약분업은 2000 년 7 월로부터 한 달간의 계도기를 거쳐 전면 실시되기
시작하였으나 약국부문을 포함한 사회전반에 걸쳐 커다란 파장을 일으켰고 이에 따라 의약분업 …

The law governing dispensing in NHS general practice is enshrined in the NHS Regulations
1992. The act of dispensing as such takes place under the Medicines Act 1968. Most, if not …

Physician dispensing refers to the legal practice where physicians directly supply their
patients with medication bypassing the need for patients to use a community pharmacy to fill …