Reuse of patients’ own drugs in hospitals in Ghana; the evidence to support policy
Abstract Background Given the documented benefits of Patient Own Drugs (PODs) in most developed countries and scanty data on PODs management in developing countries the aim of the study was to evaluate the assessment, quality and extent of PODs use among hospitalised patients. Furthermore the percei...
Main Authors: | Pauline Boachie-Ansah, Berko Panyin Anto, Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-01-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3860-9 |
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