A Study Assessing Prescribing Quality Of Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Primary Care Providers And Evaluation Of Its Impact Using Andersen’s Model And Propensity Score Method

Al-Dahbali, Abdullah Ahmed Hassan (2010) A Study Assessing Prescribing Quality Of Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Primary Care Providers And Evaluation Of Its Impact Using Andersen’s Model And Propensity Score Method. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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Abstract

Escalation of healthcare cost is a world-wide problem. Assessing and improving the quality of healthcare services should be a part of any agenda for healthcare reforms and cost containment. Drug prescribing is one of healthcare services that requires continuous assessment and improvement. However, available tools for assessing prescribing appropriateness have many shortcomings including lack of predictive validity. This study evaluates the prescribing pattern of Universiti Sains Malaysia’s (USM’s) primary healthcare providers. USM offers primary healthcare services to its beneficiaries. The evaluation was performed at a macro level where the core prescribing indicators and the defined daily dose (DDD) methodologies adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) were calculated from an academic year data of service users.

Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Subjects: R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica > RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions: Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi (School of Pharmacy) > Thesis
Depositing User: Mr Mohammad Harish Sabri
Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2018 01:54
Last Modified: 12 Apr 2019 05:26
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/42035

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