Drug Utilization Prevalence in a Pediatric Care Medical Center

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00550706

Enrollment

567

Registered

2007-10-30

Start date

2007-10-31

Completion date

2008-04-30

Last updated

2013-06-11

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Conditions

Cancer, Infectious Diseases, Metabolic Diseases

Keywords

Prescription point prevalence, Drug utilization, Define Daily Dose

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Months to 18 Years

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Descriptive use of medications	One year

Countries

Israel

Outcome results