Evaluation of prescribing indicators in prescriptions of private practitioners in Kolkata, India.
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| ID: sea-165214
ABSTRACT
Background:
To assess the prescribing indicators in prescriptions of private practitioners in Kolkata.Methods:
In the observational, retrospective, cross-sectional survey, 1830 prescriptions of private practitioners were collected over a 5 years period and assessed using core prescribing indicators as per the World Health Organization “How to investigate drug use in health facilities” tool.Results:
Overall the average number of drug per prescription was 3.05±0.91. No drug was prescribed by generic name. Prescriptions with an antibiotics and injections were 30% (549/1830) and 8.12% (149/1830), respectively. Drugs prescribed from essential drug list (EDL) were 29.38% (1640/5582).Conclusion:
Poly-pharmacy, lack of generic prescribing, low rate of prescriptions from EDL is the present prescribing scenario of private set-up based practitioners of Kolkata. Regulation and intervention is required to improve the irrational prescribing practices.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Language:
English
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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