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. 2009 May-Jun;15(3):504-15.

Results of the feasibility test of the Practical Approach to Lung Health in the Syrian Arab Republic

F Me'emary  1 , S-E Ottmani, A Pio, S Baghdadi, G Assafin, M Koraym, M Saleh, H Bashour, A Seita, L Blanc
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Results of the feasibility test of the Practical Approach to Lung Health in the Syrian Arab Republic

F Me'emary et al. East Mediterr Health J. 2009 May-Jun.
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Abstract

We assessed implementation of the Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL) in primary care facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic and its short-term impact on respiratory care in patients aged 5+ years. After training on PAL for 76 general practitioners in 75 health centres, referrals and sputum smear examinations for patients increased. The mean number of drugs prescribed per patient decreased by 14.8% and that of antibiotics by 33.3%, while prescriptions for inhaled medications increased. The mean cost of drug prescriptions fell by 26.2%.

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