Economic burden of irrational use of injectable form of Dexamethasone: a warning to health system

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Soleymani (Author), Malikeh Haerizadeh (Author), Amir Farshchi (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Irrational prescribing of injections is common in Iran. According to the statistics of the National Committee of Rational Use of Drugs (NCRUD), more than 40% of prescriptions have at least one injectable form, while injectable dosage form of dexamethasone is on the top of the list. Consi...