Objective To describe the average primary care physician consultation length in
economically developed and low-income/middle-income countries, and to examine the …

Background Rational medicine use is essential to optimize quality of healthcare delivery and
resource utilization. We aim to conduct a systematic review of changes in prescribing …

Medicines play an integral part of healthcare delivery. However, they are expensive
commodities and account for a significant proportion of overall health expenditure in most …

Worldwide, antibiotic use is increasing, but many infections against which antibiotics are
applied are not even caused by bacteria. Over‐the‐counter and internet sales preclude …

Background Malaysia's stable health care system is facing challenges with increasing
medicine costs. To investigate these issues a survey was carried out to evaluate medicine …

Medicines are important health interventions and their appropriate use could improve health
outcomes. Throughout the globe, pharmacists play a very important role to improve the use …

OBJECTIVE: Review the literature on the impact of policies designed to enhance uptake of
generic medicines in low and middle income countries (LMICs). METHODS: We searched …

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 …

Objective To assess progress in improving use of medicines in developing and transitional
countries by reviewing empirical evidence, 1990–2009, concerning patterns of primary care …

Background Inappropriate overuse of antibiotics contributes to antimicrobial resistance
(AMR), yet policy implementation to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use is poor in low and …