Off-label Prescribing Among Office-Based Physicians

2006704 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Stan N. Finkelstein · Harvard University

Randall S. Stafford · Stanford Health Care

Abstract

Off-label medication use is common in outpatient care, and most occurs without scientific support. Efforts should be made to scrutinize underevaluated off-label prescribing that compromises patient safety or represents wasteful medication use.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Child and Adolescent Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine

Volume 166, Issue 9, pp. 1021-1021

DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.9.1021

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