Accessibility of Prescribed Medicines for Elders at Sekou Toure Regional Hospital in Mwanza (Record no. 20153)
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| fixed length control field | 02151nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | CUHAS/BP/3000086/T/12 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 210728b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tunzo, Nankondo |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/BP/3000086/T/12 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19816 |
| Relator term | Undergraduate Ethical Clearance Certificate No. 163/2016 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Accessibility of Prescribed Medicines for Elders at Sekou Toure Regional Hospital in Mwanza |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS - Bugando] : |
| -- | Phone: +255 28 298 3384 : |
| -- | Fax: +255 28 298 3386 : |
| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©16.08.2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x; 34 Pages |
| Extent | Includes References and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract: <br/><br/>The study aimed at assessing accessibility of prescribed medicines for elders. The study was based on the implementation of specific objective number eight of National Policy for Ageing 2003 which aim at ensuring that older people receive basic health. The study was cross sectional hospital based research design, carried out at Sekou Toure Regional hospital in Mwanza on May 2016. The specific objectives for the study were; to find out the availability of the drug of choice as per five selected common diseases, to assess proportion of the medicine prescribed and dispensed to patients.<br/><br/>Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used in data collection and analysis. The study involved 20 elderly patients whom were given questionnaire and 100 prescriptions were taken in observation and used as instrument to collect primary data. The study found that out of 100 prescriptions, only 27 prescriptions were dispensed with all prescribed medicine while 73 were dispensed with some of the prescribed medicine. The proportional of prescription and drug dispensed shows that the mean drug missed is 48%. The study found that almost half of prescribed drug were not available. The study suggests that the government should to take all necessary measure to improve health status and services for elderly persons. <br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Pharmacy. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26693 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19753 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
| Koha item type | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 07/28/2021 | UD0110 | 07/28/2021 | 07/28/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |