[e-drug] Analysis of drug utilization in a tertiary level Indian

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E-drug: Analysis of drug utilization in a tertiary level Indian 
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Respected Sir
Thanks for your reply. 
It is possible to conduct inpatient drug utilization studies using
1)ddd/bed-day
2)ddd/100 bed-days
3)ddd/1000 bed-days(patient or inpatient days).

Previous studies were conducted using all three methods.

However ddd/1000pd (patient or inpatient or bed-days)
is convenient method to do drug utilization study in a tertiary care 
hospital.  Tertiary care admitted or inpatients normally receive all
medicines from hospital especially in developing countries.
with kind regards

Dr G B Simpson
Research Scholar
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