Drug utilization studies in internal medicine.
An appraisal of the prescribing trends in the outpatients and inpatients, was done in the Department of Internal Medicine of Nehru Hospital attached to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. Prescriptions of 162 outpatients and 78 inpatients were audited under heads of total number of drugs prescribed, proprietary/nonproprietary drug prescribing; choice of drug, its dosage, dosage form, interdosage interval and duration of prescription. Good standards of scientific therapeutics were found in general. Some lacunae are discussed.
D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007388:Internal Medicine