title: List of essential drugs for primary care in Lebanon.
abstract: In 1966, Lebanon had around 19,000 drug formulations registered in the Ministry of Public Health. The government decreased that number to 5400 in 1992 through numerous interventions. In 1995 and in an effort to rationalize drug prescribing, the Lebanese government organized an ad hoc committee of medical and pharmaceutical experts to review the 1992 list and create a list of essential drugs for primary care (LEDPC). This report describes the process and the studies used to update the 1992 list by the ad hoc committee.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon. brsaab@aub.edu.lb
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Saab
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Hamadeh
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sfeir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Zein
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D018954:Drugs, Essential; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D011320:Primary Health Care
chemical_list: D018954:Drugs, Essential