1. World Health Organization. Rational use of medicines [Internet]. Geneva (Switzerland): World Health Organization [cited 11.06.2022]. Available from URL: https://www.who.int/activities/promoting-rational-use-of-medicines/.
2.
Orive G, Domingo-Echaburu S, Lertxundi U. Redefining the “rational use of medicines”. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 2021; 20: 100381, doi: 10.1016/j.scp.2021.100381.
3.
Wendie TF, Ahmed A, Mohammed SA. Drug use pattern using WHO core drug use indicators in public health centers of Dessie, North-East Ethiopia. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2021; 21(1): 197, doi: 10.1186%2Fs12911-021-01530-w.
4.
Wyatt HV, Mahadevan S. Unnecessary injections in developing countries: the risk and costs. Int J Risk Saf Med 1993; 4(2): 167–176, doi: 10.3233/jrs-1993-4206.
5.
Ofori-Asenso R, Agyeman AA. Irrational Use of Medicines – A Summary of Key Concepts. Pharmacy (Basel) 2016; 4(4): 35, doi: 10.3390/pharmacy4040035.
6.
McWhinney IR, Freeman T. Textbook of Family Medicine. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2009.
7.
Alamo MM, Moral RR, Pérula de Torres LA. Evaluation of a patient-centred approach in generalized musculoskeletal chronic pain/fibromyalgia patients in primary care. Patient Educ Couns 2002; 48(1): 23–31, doi: 10.1016/s0738-3991(02)00095-2.
8.
Counsell SR, Holder CM, Liebenauer LL, et al. Effects of a multicomponent intervention on functional outcomes and process of care in hospitalized older patients: a randomized controlled trial of Acute Care for Elders (ACE) in a community hospital. J Am Geriatrics Soc 2000; 48(12): 1572–1581, doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03866.x.
9.
Woodcock AJ, Kinmonth AL, Campbell MJ, et al. Diabetes care from diagnosis: effects of training-centred care on patient beliefs, attitudes and behavior of primary care professionals. Patient Educ Couns 1999; 37(1): 65–79, doi: 10.1016/s0738-3991(98)00104-9.
10.
Bechel DL, Myers WA, Smith DG. Does patient-centered care pay off? Jt Comm J Qual Improv 2000; 26(7): 400–409, doi: 10.1016/s1070-3241(00)26033-1.
11.
Özdemir S, Edirne T. Adaptation of the patient-physician orientation scale into Turkish. World of Medical Education 2018; 51: 21–32, doi: 10.25282/ted.350121.
12.
Why Rational Drug Use. Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency [cited 22.01.2024]. Available from URL: https://www.titck.gov.tr/faaliyetalanlari/ilac/akilci-ilac-kullanimi.
13.
Sadeghian GH, Safaeian L, Mahdanian AR, et al. Prescribing quality in medical specialists in Isfahan, Iran. Iran J Pharm Res 2013; 12(1): 235–241.
14.
Karimi A, Haerizadeh M, Soleymani F, et al. Evaluation of medicine prescription pattern using World Health Organization prescribing indicators in Iran: A cross-sectional study. J Res Pharm Pract 2014; 3(2): 39–45, doi: 10.4103/2279-042x.137058.
15.
Wang H, Li N, Zhu H, et al. Prescription pattern and its influencing factors in Chinese county hospitals: a retrospective cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 2013; 8(5): e63225, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063225.
16.
Atif M, Sarwar MR, Azeem M, et al. Assessment of core drug use indicators using WHO/INRUD methodology at primary healthcare centers in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. BMC Health Serv Res 2016; 16(1): 684, doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1932-2.
17.
Pan L, Zhao R, Zhao N, et al. Determinants associated with doctors’ prescribing behaviors in public hospitals in China. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2022; 1507(1): 99–107, doi: 10.1111/nyas.14677.
18.
Neyaz Y, Khoja T, Qureshi NA, et al. Medication prescribing pattern in primary care in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. East Mediterr Health J 2011; 17(3): 249.
19.
Pollock M, Bazaldua OV, Dobbie AE. Appropriate prescribing of medications: an eight-step approach. Am Fam Physician 2007; 75(2): 231–236.
20.
Karimi G, Kabir K, Farrokhi B, et al. Prescribing pattern of antibiotics by family physicians in primary health care. J Pharm Policy Pract 2023; 16(1): 11, doi: 10.1186/s40545-023-00515-6.
21.
Smieszek T, Pouwels KB, Dolk FCK, et al. Potential for reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in English primary care. J Antimicrob Chemother 2018; 73(Suppl. 2): ii36–ii43, doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx500.
22.
Jahan S, Al-Saigul AM, Hamdelsseed SA. Primary health care physicians’ prescribing patterns for children under five in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Prim Health Care Res Dev 2019; 20: e89, doi: 10.1017/s1463423619000148.
23.
Hosoglu S, Classen AY, Akturk Z. Antibiotic prescription in primary care from the perspective of family physicians: a qualitative study. J Infect Dev Ctries 2021; 15(8): 1117–1123, doi: 10.3855/jidc.13924.
24.
Castro RCL, Knauth DR. Role of physicians’ attributes in the production of the person-centered approach in primary health care. Cien Saude Colet 2022; 27(2): 803–812, doi: 10.1590/1413-81232022272.00392021.
25.
Constand MK, MacDermid JC, Dal Bello-Haas V, et al. Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare. BMC Health Serv Res 2014; 14: 271, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-271.
26.
Chao J, Gu J, Zhang H, et al. The Impact of the National Essential Medicines Policy on Rational Drug Use in Primary Care Institutions in Jiangsu Province of China. Iran J Public Health 2018; 47(1): 24–32.
