Research Article
Evaluation of Drug Use Pattern in Emergency Department of Dilchora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Table 4
Drug-prescribing indicators compared WHO drug-prescribing indicators in the emergency department of DRH.
| Prescribing indicators | Number | Percent/average | WHO ideal values |
| Average number of drugs per encounter | 753 | 2.19 | (1.6–1.8) | Percentage of encounter with antibiotics | 95 | 27.62 | (20.0–26.8%) | Percentage of encounters with injection | 154 | 44.77 | (13.4%–24.1%) | Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic | 685 | 90.97 | 100% | Percentage of drugs from essential drug list | 679 | 90.17 | 100% |
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