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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

Clinical and Financial Implications of Medicine Consumption Patterns at a Leading Referral Hospital in Kenya to Guide Future Planning of Care.

Patrick M Kivoto, Mercy Mulaku, Charles Ouma, Alessandra Ferrario, Amanj Kurdi, Brian Godman, Margaret Oluka

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Patrick M KivotoDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Mercy MulakuDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Charles OumaHealth Commodities and Services Management (HCSM) Program, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Nairobi, Kenya.
Alessandra FerrarioDepartment of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, MA, United States.
Amanj KurdiStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Brian GodmanStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Margaret OlukaDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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ABC analysisexpenditurehospitalsKenyamedicinesVEN analysis

Identifiers

PMID30618729
PMCPMC6295578

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