Implications of the South African National Drug Policy on prescribing patterns: a case study of the Limpopo province

Figures & data

Table 1 Age and gender distribution of patients attending the twenty facilities included in the study

Table 2 Quality of medicines prescription in the Limpopo healthcare facilities

Table 3 Medicines prescription patterns in selected South African provinces over time

Table 4 Comparison of medicines prescription patterns across three African Countries

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