An empirical study on the rational drug use in outpatients from different levels of health facilities in Sichuan Province / 药学实践杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the current situation of rational drug use in medical facilities at all levels in Sichuan province by means of empirical research via WHO /INRUD selected drug use indicators SDUIs .Methods Six sample cities in Sichuan Province was extracted ,in which 1 to 3 tertiary hospitals ,1 to 3 secondary hospitals ,5 community health service cen-ters and 5 township hospitals were selected .Prescription indicators were indicated by collecting outpatient prescriptions from sample medical facilities which contained 30 prescriptions per month of every January ,April ,July and October from January 2012 to April 2015 .Results The average number of drugs was 3 .02 per prescription .The percentage of drug generic name used in prescription drugs was 90 .33％ .The percentage of antimicrobial use was 40 .09％ .The percentage of injections used was 14 .46％ .The percentage of essential drugs used among prescription drugs was 83 .27％ .The percentage of essential drugs used was 93 .05％ .Average fee amount all prescriptions was 66 .04 yuan .Conclusion Some of the indicators was of good ra-tionality ,but there were still some unreasonable phenomena .