Analysis of influencing factors for doctors'prescription of essential medicines at county hospitals in Anhui province / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the influencing factors for doctors' prescription of essential medicines at county hospitals of Anhui province.Methods Multi-stage random sampling method was designed to conduct an investigation for doctors at nine county hospitals in Anhui province,and SPSS 1 6.0 was used to conduct descriptive statistical,chi-square test and binary logistic regression.Results 50.8% respondents reported that they had prescribed essential medicines with the rate of less than 60%. The factors of doctors'prescription for essential medicines are work experience,average monthly income, policy awareness, recognition, training willingness, training times, hospital support, medication preferences,and drug marketing.Conclusion The prescription rate of essential medicines in the sampled hospitals is low,and the targeted comprehensive intervention measures should be taken to promote prescription rate of essential medicines in county hospitals.