title: Drug utilization studies in internal medicine.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007388:Internal Medicine