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Outpatient prescribing trends, rational use of medicine and impact of prescription audit with feedback at a tertiary care centre in India

Shubham Atal, Ratinder Jhaj, Akanksha Mathur, Niket Rai, Saurav Misra, Balakrishnan Sadasivam

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management · 2021 · 15 citations · 16 references

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While use of antibiotics and injections among outpatients was found to be rational, there is scope of improvement in most domains that can be addressed with appropriate interventions.

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