Background: Overuse of antibiotics is a common problem in health care, which leads to
unnecessary expenditure on drugs, raised risk of adverse reactions, and the development of …

Objective: The study was to investigate antibiotic prescription patterns at outpatient
departments (OPDs) at four hospitals in Aden-Yemen. Settings and Design: A cross …

Summary Background and Aims Inappropriate drug prescribing has increased especially in
developing countries where systems for monitoring medicine use are not well developed …

Introduction: A major challenge to the provision of health care worldwide is the irrational use
of antibiotics. To help promote rational use of drugs, standard treatment guidelines (STG) …

Introduction: irrational or inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is a major problem in
healthcare and leads to antibiotic resistance. There is the need to understand the …

Introduction. Irrational prescribing is a major cause for irrational drug use. Bad prescribing
habits lead to ineffective and unsafe treatment, exacerbation or prolongation of illness …

Abstract Background: According to World Health Organization more than half of all
medicines are prescribed and dispensed improperly, hence half of patients take them …

Background: Irrational use of antibiotics is a worldwide problem that contributes to
dramatically increasing resistance and causes significant mortality, morbidity, and increased …

Background Drug use evaluation is a structured, methodological, and criteria-based drug
assessment system that helps to evaluate the actual trend of drug use in a particular setting …

Background: Monitoring of antibiotic prescription practices in hospitals is essential to assess
and facilitate appropriate use. This is relevant to halt the progression of antimicrobial …