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Mahdavinoor S H, Donkob M. Programming Modification of Drug Consumption Pattern Based on Religious Teachings, National Interests, and Attention to Deprived People. Hakim 2017; 20 (1) :17-26
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Programming Modification of Drug Consumption Pattern Based on Religious Teachings, National Interests, and Attention to Deprived People
Seyyed Hatam Mahdavinoor (PhD)1*, Morteza Donkob (Student of PhD)2
1 Department of Islamic Education, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (Rah)
Shahre-rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Management and Accounting, Science and Research branch,
Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Results: The analyses showed that lack of monitoring on the diagnosis and prescribing system, lack of a comprehensive referral system, lack of monitoring on medication distribution, physician visit cost, advice from others, buy without a prescription from pharmacies, irrational prescriptions, an experience of a disease and its diagnosis, the cultural context of patients and their insistence on taking more drugs, financial relationship between the doctor and the patient, lack of knowledge about side effects of drugs, distribution of drugs in stores other than pharmacies, and safety and low price of medicines could be considered as the main causes of irrational drug use.
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*Corresponding Author: Sixth Tehran, Qom Highway (Persian Gulf Highway), in front of Imam Khomeini’s Moghaddam, IslamicAzad University, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (Rah) Shahre-Rey Branch, Department of Islamic Education. Tel: +98-214735507,+98-2155229200-8, E-mail: hmahdavinoor@yahoo.com
Seyyed Hatam Mahdavinoor (PhD)1*, Morteza Donkob (Student of PhD)2
1 Department of Islamic Education, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (Rah)
Shahre-rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Management and Accounting, Science and Research branch,
Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Background: Drug consumption in Iran is higher than the global standards due to irrational prescriptionand self-medication practices. On one hand, it losses the national capital directly and indirectly and, on the other hand, threatens community health; therefore, it is essential to employ all the capacities to modify the
current pattern.
Methods: In the current study, factors influencing drug use were extracted by reviewing literature, interviewing experts, and analyzing the data by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique. Then, by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, the strategies for modifying drug consumption patterns were developed in consensus sessions between experts and authors. The statistical population of the
study included all physicians, pharmacists, pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers, and a sample of 30 individuals was selected by the snowball sampling method.Results: The analyses showed that lack of monitoring on the diagnosis and prescribing system, lack of a comprehensive referral system, lack of monitoring on medication distribution, physician visit cost, advice from others, buy without a prescription from pharmacies, irrational prescriptions, an experience of a disease and its diagnosis, the cultural context of patients and their insistence on taking more drugs, financial relationship between the doctor and the patient, lack of knowledge about side effects of drugs, distribution of drugs in stores other than pharmacies, and safety and low price of medicines could be considered as the main causes of irrational drug use.
Conclusions: To modify the drug consumption pattern, it is necessary to modify culture, set up a referral system, expand insurance, educate medical staff continuously, and monitor medicine supply chain and prescription patterns.
Keywords: Lifestyle; Medicine; Pattern of Consumption; Programming
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Mahdavinoor H, Donkob M. Programming Modification of Drug Consumption Pattern Based on Religious Teachings, National Interests, and Attention to Deprived People. Hakim Health Sys Res 2017; 20(1): 17-26
*Corresponding Author: Sixth Tehran, Qom Highway (Persian Gulf Highway), in front of Imam Khomeini’s Moghaddam, IslamicAzad University, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (Rah) Shahre-Rey Branch, Department of Islamic Education. Tel: +98-214735507,+98-2155229200-8, E-mail: hmahdavinoor@yahoo.com
Type of Study: Original |
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Received: 2018/01/22 | Accepted: 2018/01/22 | Published: 2018/01/22
Received: 2018/01/22 | Accepted: 2018/01/22 | Published: 2018/01/22
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