Comparative analysis of prescription patterns and errors in government versus private hospitals in Dhaka: A cross-sectional study.

Md Abdus Samadd K M Yasif Kayes SikdarAshfia Tasnim MuniaFarhan Tanvir PatwaryMd Raihan SarkarMd Rashidul Islam Rashed

Published in: Health science reports (2024)

Both government and private hospitals exhibited similar deviations from the WHO prescribing indicators. While government hospitals showed more omission errors, private hospitals exhibited higher rates of polypharmacy. Physicians in both types of hospitals should be vigilant about omission errors, maintain the WHO prescribing indicators, and minimize polypharmacy.

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