Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in a section of the private health care sector of South Africa

Danie Scholtz, Martie S Lubbe, Jan HP Serfontein, Dorcas Rakumakoe, Ronel Smit

Abstract


The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database.

Opsomming
Die doel van hierdie studie was om die voorskryfpatrone en medisynekoste van antiretrovirale (ARV) geneesmiddels in die private gesondheidsorgsektor in Suid-Afrika te ondersoek.

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Health SA Gesondheid - Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
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