Drug Utilization Prevalence in a Pediatric Care Medical Center

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Metabolic Diseases; Infectious Diseases; Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00550706

PDU2724_CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

One year prospective analysis of drug utilization and prescription point prevalence of medications in a pediatric tertiary care university medical center. Off-label use of medications in the study population will be also registered.

Enrollment: 567 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All admitted children receiving at least one prescribed or OTC medication.

Exclusion criteria

• All admitted children who do not get a prescribed or OTC medication.

Trial design

567 participants in 2 patient groups

1Pediatric Dept A

Description:

Children's files from this department will be analysed once weekly and medication prescription data will be registered

2 Pediatric Dept B

Description:

Children's files from this department will be analysed once weekly and medication prescription data will be registered