Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South Africa

The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. Opsomming Die algemene doelstelling van hierdie studie was om die voorskryfpatrone en koste van...

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Main Authors: Rianda Steyn, Johanita R Burger, Jan HP Serfontein, Martie S Lubbe
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2007-11-01
Series:Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Online Access:https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/262
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spelling doaj-24c192b4cdb24783aeb2245c236a67f42020-11-24T21:54:14ZafrAOSISHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences1025-98482071-97362007-11-0112310.4102/hsag.v12i3.262251Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South AfricaRianda Steyn0Johanita R Burger1Jan HP Serfontein2Martie S Lubbe3North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. Opsomming Die algemene doelstelling van hierdie studie was om die voorskryfpatrone en koste van antidiabetiese medisyne in die private gesondheidsorgsektor van Suid-Afrika te ondersoek. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/262
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author Rianda Steyn
Johanita R Burger
Jan HP Serfontein
Martie S Lubbe
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Johanita R Burger
Jan HP Serfontein
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Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South Africa
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
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Johanita R Burger
Jan HP Serfontein
Martie S Lubbe
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title Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South Africa
title_short Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South Africa
title_full Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South Africa
title_fullStr Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in South Africa
title_sort investigation into the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in south africa
publisher AOSIS
series Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
issn 1025-9848
2071-9736
publishDate 2007-11-01
description The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. Opsomming Die algemene doelstelling van hierdie studie was om die voorskryfpatrone en koste van antidiabetiese medisyne in die private gesondheidsorgsektor van Suid-Afrika te ondersoek. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.
url https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/262
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