Pediatric upper respiratory tract infection : prescribing pattern and health economics / Kousalya Prabahar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prabahar, Kousalya, author.

Series:

Compact.

Compact

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatrics.

Pediatric respiratory diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (45 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg, [Germany] : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

It is necessary to ascertain current prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) to address potential overuse. Hence, the objective of this study is to analyse the current prescription patterns and the economics of drugs used in the treatment of URTI. For this, a prospective observational study was carried out in the out-patient department of paediatrics. Children of 1 month to 18 years, diagnosed with URTI by the physician, were included in the study. The demographic details, drugs prescribed, dose, duration of therapy, cost of drug therapy were all noted from the out-patient record. The cost of individual drugs was analysed and the health economic analysis of drugs was performed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 15, 2017).

ISBN:

3-96067-637-9