Evaluation of drug utilization and prescribing errors in infants: a primary care prescription-based study.

Khalid A J Al Khaja; Thuraya M Al Ansari; Awatif H H Damanhori; Reginald P. Sequeira

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Evaluation of drug utilization and prescribing errors in infants: a primary care prescription-based study.

June 13, 2007

Khaja KAJA, Ansari TMA, Damanhori AHH, et al. Health Policy (New York). 2007;81(2-3):350-7.

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The authors analyzed prescriptions for children in 20 health centers in Bahrain and found that the majority of prescriptions contained at least one error.

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