RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Prescribing patterns and morbidity in a tropical practice JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 695 OP 700 VO 24 IS 147 A1 Holmes, J. D. YR 1974 UL http://bjgp.org/content/24/147/695.abstract AB A retrospective study of morbidity and prescribing habits in a tropical practice is presented. The common symptoms of pain, cough, and fever accounted for 60 per cent of all cases seen while analgesics accounted for 30 per cent of all drugs prescribed.