Introduction. Rational medicine use is an appropriate prescribing, dispensing, and patient
use of medicines for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases. It is affected by …

Purpose Irrational prescription of antibiotics is an ongoing global public health concern,
leading to antibiotic resistance. Understanding the prescribing pattern of antibiotics is …

Background Currently, the private healthcare sector's role in healthcare delivery is growing
in Ethiopia. However, there are limited studies on private healthcare sector drug use …

Dyspepsia is a collection of several clinical symptoms consisting of pain in the pit of the
stomach, flatulence, early satiety, nausea, and vomiting. The incidence of dyspepsia at the …

Background The quality of healthcare service delivery must be appropriate to detect and
manage disease effectively. Nonetheless, there is a lack of data on the quality of prescribing …

(1) Background: Rational use of medicines (RUM) and their assessment are important to
ensure optimal use of resources and patient care in hospitals. These assessments are …

Introduction Antibacterial utilization studies can help identify areas of intervention of
antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) to facilitate rational use and prevent the …

Objective (s): Drug prescription is one of the strategic issues in the field of health. Rational
prescription of medicine and efforts towards appropriate, safe and efficient use of medicine …

Background: Proper drug prescribing can contribute immensely to reducing overall
morbidity, mortality, and cost of pharmacotherapy, particularly in the management of heart …

The rational use of drugs is a priority in health policy. Limited studies have been conducted
about drug consumption in hospitals. Therefore, we evaluated the pattern of prescription and …