Research Article
Assessment of Prescription Completeness and Drug Use Pattern in Tibebe-Ghion Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Table 2
Drug prescribing indicators at Tibebe-Ghion comprehensive specialized hospital from April 2019 to April 2020 (
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| Prescribing indicators | Number | Average/percentage | Ideal WHO value [7] |
| Average number of drugs per encounter | 1650 | 1.65 | 1.6-1.8 | Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic | 1415 | 85.78% | 100% | Percentage of encounter with antibiotics | 410 | 41.00% | 20.0-26.8% | Percentage of encounter with injections | 250 | 25.00% | 13.4-24.1% | Percentage for drugs from essential drug list | 1625 | 98.48% | 100% |
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