Pattern and Appropriateness of Medicines Prescribed to Outpatients at a University Hospital in Northwestern Ethiopia

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Level of PDDI</td><td class="align_center">Frequency (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Serious-Use Alternative</td><td class="align_center">14 (13.59)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Monitor Closely</td><td class="align_center">58 (56.31)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Minor</td><td class="align_center">31 (30.10)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">103 (100.0)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Level of severity of PDDIs identified among medicines prescribed, GURH, 2016.

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Table 4: Pattern and Appropriateness of Medicines Prescribed to Outpatients at a University Hospital in Northwestern Ethiopia 