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Drug Utilization Monitoring in the Clinical Hospital Center-Zagreb

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Medical Informatics Europe 1991

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics ((LNMED,volume 45))

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Abstract

A fifteen-year period of experience in the monitoring of drug consumption and drug utilization in a clinical hospital is described. The drug classifications and the methods used in drug monitoring are explained. The drug utilization program was created in order to improve drug prescription and the possibilities of predicting drug consumption in the hospital.

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  1. Informatics Division, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, 41000, Zagreb, Šalata 2, Yugoslavia

    Višnja Lovrek

  2. Department of Medicine Rebro, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, 41000, Zagreb, Šalata 2, Yugoslavia

    Josip Čulig

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  1. Department of Medical Computer Sciences, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria

    Klaus-Peter Adlassnig  & Georg Grabner  & 

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Akademiska Hospital, P. O. Box 552, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden

    Stellan Bengtsson

  3. National Institute of Public Health, Geitmyrsveien 75, 0462, Oslo, Norway

    Rolf Hansen

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Lovrek, V., Čulig, J. (1991). Drug Utilization Monitoring in the Clinical Hospital Center-Zagreb. In: Adlassnig, KP., Grabner, G., Bengtsson, S., Hansen, R. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 1991. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93503-9_35

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