the hospital. Methods. A cross-sectional study based on 66 222 pharmacy dispensing
records for the year 2000 was performed in the northern part of the Netherlands. All
prescriptions were divided into the following categories: unlicensed (no product license), off-
label (licensed drugs used outside the terms of the product license), and on-label (licensed
drugs used according to the product license). For identifying possible problem areas, the …