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%