WHO/INRUD patient care and facility-specific drug use indicators at primary health care centres in Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2012; 18 (11): 1086-1090
in English
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| ID: emr-158954
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to measure the performance of primary health care centres in Eastern province, Saudi Arabia, using the WHO/International Network of Rational Use of Drugs patient care and facility-specific drug use indicators. In a cross-sectional study, 10 health centres were selected using systematic random sampling. A total of 300 patients were interviewed while visiting the centre from January to March 2011 and 10 pharmacists from the same centres were interviewed. Average consultation time was 7.3 min [optimal >/-30 min], percentage of drugs adequately labelled was 10% [optimal 100%] and patient's knowledge of correct dosage was 79.3% [optimal 100%]. The percentage of key drugs in stock was only 59.2% [optimal 100%]. An overall index of rational facility-specific drug use was calculated and applied to rank the health centres for benchmarking
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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World Health Organization
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Drug Utilization Review
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2012
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