Assessment of Prescriptions in the Endocrinology Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan Using World Health Organization Guidelines

Table 2

The standard prescribing indicators (N = 100).

Indicator	Value (%)	Total	Optimal level (%)
The average number of drugs per encounter	5.2	520/100	1.6–1.8
% of drug prescribed generic name	0.7	04/520	100
% of encounter antibiotics	18	98/520	20.0–26.8
% of encounters with an injection	31	36/116	13.4–24.1
% of drugs the from Essential Drug List	81	89/109	100
% of drugs from the National Essential Drug List of Pakistan	27	30/109	100
% of drug-drug interaction	18.3	20/109	0
% of pharmacoeconomic insulin	15.4	94/111	100