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Prescribing patterns of biologic immunomodulating medicine in the South African private health care sector
(North-West University, 2010)
Advances in molecular immunology and rapid technical evolution during the past two decades have led to a new class of medicines called biologics. Recently, a large number of biologics, or biologic immunomodulators, directed ...
The treatment of paediatric asthma in the private health care sector of South Africa : a retrospective drug utilisation review
(North-West University, 2010)
Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children worldwide. The prescribing patterns of the medication used to treat asthma in South Africa, as well as the prevalence of paediatric asthma are of interest and need ...
Prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines : a comparative study between two provinces in South Africa
(North-West University, 2010)
Background: In 2007 the population density for the Gauteng Province was 614 persons per km2 and in the Northern Cape Province it was 2.9 persons per km2 . High population density leads to an increase in crime. This was ...
Prescribing patterns of medicines used in Parkinson's and other related diseases in the private health care sector of South Africa
(North-West University, 2010)
Parkinson's disease is the most recurrent movement disorder and has a radical effect on the lives of people. This chronic neurological disorder is accompanied by a significant social and financial burden with a negative ...
Medicine claims in South Africa : an analysis of the prescription patterns of providers in the private health care sector
(North-West University, 2010)
Due to the fact that the function of dispensing is not the exclusive practice of a single profession, there is much conflict surrounding the issue: it forms the crux of the pharmacy profession but it also forms part of ...